© Joanna Broda

On the 28^th of November 2019, a court in Ireland ruled its very first sentence on female genital mutilation (FGM). A couple has been accused of organising and tolerating the mutilation of their daughter who had been one year old at the time of execution. This is the first time such a case has been prosecuted since the implementation of the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act in 2012 which criminalises the execution of FGM on Irish residents, within Ireland and abroad.

CHANGE Agent Habiba Al-Hinai. Photo: © Martin Funck

What? Talk with TDF CHANGE Agent Habiba Al-Hinai

When? 27th November 2019 at 5 PM

Where? Ramlerstr. 28a, 13355 Berlin, (near Gesundbrunnen)

f.l.t.r.: Harm Boll (FSAN), Zahra Naleie (FSAN), Binet Ibrahim (Plan), Gwladys Awo (Plan), Sokhna Fall Ba (Equipop), Idah Nabateregga (TDF), Carolin Pranz (TDF), Charlotte Weil (TDF), Andrea Mewaldt (OEC). Photo: © TERRE DES FEMMES

On 18^th  and 19^th November 2019 the partner organizations Federatie Somalische Associaties Nederland (FSAN), Equilibres & Populations (Equipop), Plan International Deutschland (Plan) und TERRE DES FEMMES (TDF) met in Amsterdam to reflect on the first year of the Let’s CHANGE Project and to plan the second year. The meeting was hosted by FSAN and chaired by TDF.

f.l.t.r. standing: Colette Tchoumbou, Habiba Al-Hinai, Charlotte Weil, Christa Stolle, Yanick Djouboussie, Sana Diedhiou; f.l.t.r.sitting: Carolin Pranz, Martha Waithaka, Ferawaty Simanjuntak-Soltmann. Photo: © Martin Funck

On the eve of the International Day of the Girl Child, TERRE DES FEMMES invited journalists and media to talk about the increasing prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Europe and Germany. FGM is a global phenomenon that constitutes a severe violation of the human rights of girls and women worldwide. Those affected oftentimes suffer long-term physical and psychological damages.

TERRE DES FEMMES urgently calls for action: awareness and sensitization on female genital mutilation, through projects such as Let’s CHANGE, is more important than ever!