UN body to fight female circumcision
Sep 02, 2003
THE United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has resumed its campaign to fight female genital mutilation among the Sabiny in Kapchorwa district.
By Rashid Muzungyo
THE United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has resumed its campaign to fight female genital mutilation among the Sabiny in Kapchorwa district.
The manager of the Reproductive Educative and Community Health-Reach Project, Beatrice Chelangat, said UNFPA was recruiting advocacy teams to sensitise communities about the dangers of the practice.
Closing a UNFPA-funded stakeholders’ workshop at Cream fields resort in Kapchorwa town recently, Chalangat said the advocates would enlighten the masses about the legal implications of forcing women and girls into the practice.
“UNFPA is starting a fresh campaign which will include the arrest of the ‘surgeons’ who perform the mutilation,†she said.
THE United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has resumed its campaign to fight female genital mutilation among the Sabiny in Kapchorwa district.
The manager of the Reproductive Educative and Community Health-Reach Project, Beatrice Chelangat, said UNFPA was recruiting advocacy teams to sensitise communities about the dangers of the practice.
Closing a UNFPA-funded stakeholders’ workshop at Cream fields resort in Kapchorwa town recently, Chalangat said the advocates would enlighten the masses about the legal implications of forcing women and girls into the practice.
“UNFPA is starting a fresh campaign which will include the arrest of the ‘surgeons’ who perform the mutilation,†she said.