Liberia Side Event on FGM

Safe Hands for Girls was founded in 2013 to help end Female Genital Mutilation, provide support to women and girls who are survivors of the practice and address its lifelong, harmful physical and psychological consequences.And our grassroots programs create greater awareness of FGM and other forms of violence against women through education, advocacy and youth-led campaigns.Over time our mission has evolved to address other forms of violence against women and abuses of women’s rights which deter many women from reaching their full human potential.

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Pathway to Eradicating FGM in Liberia – An Intentional Participatory Process

United Nations Headquarters

The side event is organized by Liberia and co hosted by The Gambia and Sierra Leone.ObjectivesThis year’s side event intents to highlight Liberia’s progress made towards ending FGM to showcase the significant achievements made while rallying the needed technical and financial support to sustain the gains made and to ensure the passage of the legislation against FGM (Anti-FGM Law), particularly portraying the pathway to eradicating FGM in Liberia, which has been possible through an intentional participatory process – traditional council taking the lead andMethodologyFilming of a DocumentaryAs part of Liberia’s Side Event, there will be a filming of a documentary titled - "Pathway to Eradicating FGM in Liberia – An Intentional Participatory Process”. The Side event will be moderated by Ms. Jaha Dukureh, UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador against FGM.Panel DiscussionThere will be a panel discussion, including story-telling of several direct stakeholders, to include female practitioners as they share their experiences and perspectives on how FGM can be addressed holistically as well as the way forward to ending FGM in Liberia.Participatory MethodAt the close of the panel discussion, participants will be allowed to ask questions, make comments or further contribute their ideas as well as recommend ways on how we can jointly mobilize and leverage on existing resources to address FGM in Liberia.ParticipantsParticipants to the event will be drawn from Liberia’s Delegation and other countries’ participants attending the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67).GoalsThe goal of this year’s side event will be to create a platform to mobilize the needed support in sustaining the gains made in ending FGM in Liberia. Members of Liberia’s delegation will leverage on the networking opportunities to strengthen Liberian women’s global network and increase their social capital in a manner that attracts support for the implementation of earmarked programs and projects intended to end FGM, thereby advancing Gender Equality, vis-à-vis women economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health and rights and women’s access to infrastructure.Expected OutcomesFinancial commitments of Member States, partners, and potential donors will be solicited and most likely secured for additional funding to support the country’s work around ending FGM. Additionally, the side event is expected to spike opportunities to boost pragmatic/best practices from participating countries.A report, containing a summary of the discussion and recommendations from Member States and other stakeholders will be developed. The report will be widely disseminated, made available for the Commission on the Status of Women and on the website of UN-Women and Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (Liberia)

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