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Understanding FGM and Violence Against Women

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains one of the most challenging issues within the spectrum of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Despite its severe health implications and the global movement […]

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Somalia: Government must end medical negligence and prioritize anti-FGM laws

  A loss of life, especially when it is completely avoidable, stings different. Just a few weeks ago, Fartun Ahmed, a 13-year-old bled to death after undergoing female genital […]

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AWRA Film Review: ‘A Girl From Mogadishu’ starring Aja Naomi King

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2195″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] A Girl from Mogadishu is an Irish-Belgian film. It is a somewhat fictionalized story based on the testimony of AWRA founding member Ifrah Ahmed, who having […]

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Here’s why AWRA has decided to disrupt the NGO space now

[vc_row][vc_column][nd_options_focus nd_options_layout=”layout-7″ nd_options_image=”1897″ nd_options_title=”As an African women-led group, we have decided to disrupt and dismantle mediocrity now” nd_options_subtitle=”Here’s why.”][nd_options_spacer nd_options_height=”20″][nd_options_text nd_options_text_tag=”h2″ nd_options_text=”Naimah Hassan is a London-based leader and women’s rights […]