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UN PhotoFinancing the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (CSW68 Side Event)
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This High-Level side event, taking place on the margins of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), aims to facilitate dialogue and create a rallying call for increasing financing/funding to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It will also serve to identify necessary actions for increased funding for FGM elimination, foster collaboration, and reaffirm our commitment to ending FGM.
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By bringing together leaders, policymakers, private sector stakeholders, civil society, and high-net-worth individuals, the event aims to inspire transformative and accelerated actions under high-level political guidance in response to the challenges under-funding poses to global crises.
The panel will:
- Discuss available opportunities and actions required to increase funding or financing for the elimination of FGM in the context of ongoing humanitarian crises, such as climate change, the after-effects of COVID-19, conflict, etc.
- Amplify the voices of survivors of FGM, young people and women-led organizations and
- Recommit to ending FGM.