UN WOMEN AND IFRAH FOUNDATION SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TO FIGHT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

The United Nations in Somalia recently partnered with a leading Somali non-governmental organization to step up the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) in two of the Horn of Africa country’s Federal Member States. “This partnership agreement that we have signed with the Ifrah Foundation will provide further opportunities for grass-root interventions and partnerships with key stakeholders... for impactful programming,” said Sadiq Syed of UN Women Somalia.