International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is a UN-sponsored awareness day that takes place February 6 each year. It is an effort to make the world aware of female genital cutting and to promote its eradication.[1] [2]
First, on Feb. 6, 2003, Stella Obasanjo, the First Lady of Nigeria, made the official declaration on "Zero Tolerance to FGM" in Africa during a conference organized by the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC). Then the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights adopted this day as an international awareness day.[3]
References
- ^ "International day against female genital mutilation". http://www.socintwomen.org.uk/RESOLUTIONS-ENGLISH/Tel%20Aviv%202005/GFM.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ "Statement on the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation, UNFPA". http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=927. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs. "Commemorating International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation". http://www.prb.org/Articles/2009/fgmc.aspx.
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