Female genital mutilation programmes to date: what works and what doesn’t (2011)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): World Health Organization
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To look at which anti-FGM interventions work and which do not
Study Population: Relied on questionnaires from 365 national and international organisations
Findings: Interventions that worked included those which involved coordination between NGOs and governments. This ensured that governments begun their initial efforts in taking FGM as a serious health issue,evident with the introduction of anti-FGM laws although improvements in enforcement of these laws was required. Furthermore,at the community level,behavioural change interventions proved to be successful,specifically behavior communication for change (BCC) projects and alternative rites of passage rituals. Mass media through radio,music,storytelling and poems,encouraged the BCC transition. However the assessment showed areas of weaknesses. Governments,although beginning to engage with anti-FGM programmes,were not providing the financial and technical support required by the majority of agencies. Majority of anti-FGM interventions failed to incorporate an evaluation programme
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa,Eastern Africa,Northern Africa
Country(ies):Burkina Faso,Egypt,Ethiopia,Mali,Uganda