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PRESS RELEASE ON: Urgent Call to Enforce Drafted Policies and Laws Against Violence Against Women and Girls, Particularly the Anti-FGC Policy/Law in Somaliland.

May 2, 2024

29th November 2023 Burao, Togdheer NAFIS Network, a prominent advocacy organization for gender equality and women’s rights, has issued a compelling statement calling for the immediate enforcement of drafted policies and laws against violence targeting women and girls in Somaliland. The statement was released during a gathering of Civil society organizations, Women’s rights organizations, and …

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FGM Survivor Turns Anti-FGM Activist

September 2, 2023

The case studies, collected by NAFIS revealed mainly medical complications, including infection, severe bleeding during the procedure and later during de-infibulation, irregular menstrual cycles, abdominal pain, complications during childbirth, and inability to urinate. And women accessing the FGM support center in Somaliland can change their attitudes toward FGM. “Hamda, A 39-year-old mother of 8 children …

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