USEndFGMNetwork

We aim to eliminate FGM/C by connecting, supporting, elevating and advocating with diverse US stakeholders engaged in prevention, education and care.

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Grassroots and survivor-led organizations are doing critical work to #endFGM/C but funding remains limited and difficult to access.

Join us on June 8th at 1 PM along with @WallaceGlobal for this discussion.

Register now: https://t.co/ppBSXA1ihm

[USEndFGMNetwork @USEndFGMNetwork]

What makes a movement effective?

Not awareness alone.
Not one campaign.
Not one organization.

In this clip from our recent webinar, Rukia Omer shares why collective movement-building is essential to #endFGM.

Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/iEVNcLmrMc

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Earlier this week, our Executive Director, @caitlin_lemay and Olivia Harris, @sahiyovoices’s Massachusetts Community Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator, led an FGM/C training for sex educators at the New England Sex Ed Conference as part of the HOPE MA Project.

#EndFGM

[Sahiyo @sahiyovoices]

The DMV Coalition to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) supported passing the SAFE Act in Maryland, introducing protections for survivors and those at risk of FGM/C. Last month, these bills were signed into law!

📽️ View the coalition’s journey: https://t.co/34zI7n6qug

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What does it mean to challenge #FGM/C through Indigenous leadership, collective advocacy and regional solidarity?

@equalitynow’s Leandra Becerra discusses the growing movement to address FGM/C in #Colombia and how communities most affected must be part of shaping the response.

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In 2025, we worked various stakeholders to advance efforts to #endFGM across the US.

From supporting new legislation & strengthening state coalitions to advancing survivor-centered advocacy, this report highlights the progress made & the work still ahead https://t.co/P3wh88X44X

[Sahiyo @sahiyovoices]

Last week, survivors, advocates, and LGBTQI+ community members gathered in the Adirondacks for a few days of reflection, conversation, and shared learning around the harmful narratives impacting FGM/C survivors and LGBTQI+ communities.

💗 Thank you to everyone who joined us!

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Every donation helps strengthen survivor support, advocacy, collaboration and education efforts to #endFGM/C in the U.S. and around the world. We’re small but mighty and your support goes a long way.

Support here: https://t.co/lG6KKOo7Ed

[Sahiyo @sahiyovoices]

We joined the Massachusetts Women of Color Network 9th Annual Conference, sharing storytelling through the Voices to End FGM/C program as a tool for healing, resistance, and collective care in communities impacted by FGM/C.

Thank you to our speakers for their time and stories.

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One year ago, Washington, D.C. took a historic step to #endFGM/C.

Now, we look back at how the DMV Coalition made it possible and what’s next in the movement to protect girls and women across the region featuring Angela and Dr. Karen.

Listen now: https://t.co/Fel0VeMdlx

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Our Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Kaitlin Mitchell, connecting with #MissKlitty, whose mission is helping normalize conversations around anatomy and FGM/C prevention. #EndFGM

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A year ago, Washington, D.C. made history by passing a law to end FGM/C.

In our next episode, we revisit that landmark moment w/ Angela Peabody + Dr. Karen McDonnell, two women who helped make it happen.

Coming soon on #ChangingNarratives.

#DMVCoalition #FGMinDC #OneYearLater

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We’re bringing together an incredible panel of advocates and leaders working across communities and borders to challenge harmful norms and advance the movement to #endFGM/C.

Join us for this conversation on solidarity and resistance on May 13th:
https://t.co/vIcYfbhadl

[Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C @GlobalFGMC]

Final run-through complete. Looking forward to tomorrow’s preconference. #EndFGM #FGC #WD2026

[EndFGMCanada @CanadaFgm]

We are ready to go! Here is our ⁦@GlobalFGMC⁩ team practicing one of the key words of the day! #CLITORIS! We can’t talk about saving it until we can say it out loud! #Endfgm #WD2026

[Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C @GlobalFGMC]

This morning at the preconference. Three panels. Urgent conversations. One shared goal.

#EndFGM #FGC #WD2026

[Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C @GlobalFGMC]

On the ground in Melbourne. Our pre-conference is tomorrow. #EndFGM #FGC #WD2026

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Heading to @WomenDeliver in Naarm?

Here’s where you can find us throughout the week.

#WD2026 #EndFGM #FGC

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Learn the truth, speak out, and stand with intersex people demanding change.

Advocates for Intersex Youth
@IntersexJustice
@USEndFGMNetwork
@FORGEforward

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These surgeries are a form of state-sanctioned sexual violence- and they must end.