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Amref Health Africa
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Participating countries:
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi + Northern offices (Italy, Canada, USA, NL)
- Country context analysis
- 5-year country strategies + budget indication
- Resource mobilization plan
Our vision
• A future without FGC, since FGC is one of the greatest barriers to girl empowerment, women’s health and gender equality.
• Community-led and community-driven cultural alternatives to FGC
• A pan-African movement to end FGC, with Amref Health Africa in the lead.
Developed by:
- Amref HQ
- Amref Kenya
- Amref Tanzania
- Amref Ethiopia
- Amref Uganda
- Amref Canada
- Amref USA
- Amref Italy
- Amref Spain
- Amref Netherlands
Our Mission
- Eradicate FGC in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030
- Promote the rights of girls and women, contributing to the achievement of SDG 1, 3, 4 and 5.
- Build and expand upon what we have achieved - over 10,000 girls saved in our 10 years of experience.
Key message
End FGC by 2030
Amref Health Africa envisions a continent free of FGC, where girls are empowered to continue their education, and become the women of their dreams.
For Amref Health Africa there is no ‘less harmful form of FGC’
– there is simply NO FGC
Key values
• Ecosystem approach
• Community leadership
We believe in patiently and respectfully engaging communities so they see the need to change these harmful cultural norms
Our strategy
- Alternative Rites of Passage (ARP)
- Education and curriculum development
- Capacity building
- Awareness raising
- Technology
- Advocacy in and beyond Africa
- Strategic partnership and alliances
- Resource Mobilization
- FGC as cross-cutting initiative
Our niche
- FGC as rite of passage to womanhood
- Community partnerships (involving boys and men)
- Community systems strengthening
- Strengthening the health work force