📷 Youth action groups make strides in combating FGM in Amudat

The Female Action Groups (FAGs) and Male Action Groups (MAGs) use bicycles to travel from village to village in their parishes to educate the locals about the risks of FGM.

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A total of 200 youth were recruited and trained in all the 11 sub-counties of the district, with representation of each. (Credit: Jeff Andrew Lule)
By NewVision Reporter
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#Female genital mutilation #Amudat district #United Nations Population Fund #ActionAid International Uganda #Mary Chepostem #Female Action Groups

YOUTH | FMG | AMUDAT

AMUDAT - Approximately 12 years have gone since Uganda outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM), although some communities still engage in the practice clandestinely.

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