SUDAN POLITICAL ALERT: UN Population Fund - The fight to ban FGM in Sudan isn’t over

7/5/2020: UN Population Fund - The fight to ban FGM in Sudan isn’t over

 The UN Population Fund (UNPF) says it “will continue to lead efforts to fully ban FGM” in Sudan.

 Massimo Diana, the UNPF Representative in Sudan, said: “when the law criminalizing FGM is approved the work needs to continue. We need to work with communities in Sudan to make sure practice follows policy.”

 The key to ending FGM in Sudan even after its criminalization is using behavioural change principles," said Giulia di Porcia e Brugnera, a UNPF programme associate who works on the Sudan Free of Female Genital Mutilation program.

 "FGM is a taboo topic, but if the community hosts a large celebration, and religious and community leaders publicly support its abandonment then the whole community will get behind it,” Brugnera added.