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When could FGC end?

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The UN stated aim is to see female genital cutting end “within the next generation.” FGC has gained more attention and interest at the local, regional, national, and international levels recently. We need to build on this momentum. We are at an unprecedented point in history – FGC could end within this generation.

 

We believe ending FGC within a generation is entirely achievable. Given what we know about how the harmful traditional practice of footbinding ended in China within twenty years, we believe this can be achieved, if abandonment can reach tipping point and critical mass in practising communities, leading to exponential change.

 

Footbinding dated back to the tenth century, and was almost universal throughout China until the practice was abandoned within one generation in the early 1900s.  Many similarities can be drawn between footbinding and FGC, and how the right conditions can motivate mass change. Because footbinding was a social convention that needed a shift in norms to change, the same strategy can be used in the abandonment of FGC.

 

There is a unique, historic opportunity to invest in a movement of change – we really could be the last generation to live with FGC.


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