News and EventsJoin the FORWARD mailing list to be kept informed of the latest news, campaigns and events. Upcoming Events29 Feb 2012 - Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Together - BristolLatest NewsWhy Women's Health - WHEC briefingThe Women's Health and Equality Consortium (WHEC) have published a "Why Women's Health?" briefing which outlines the main challenges to women and girls health and why we need a gendered approach to tackle these issues.Make Europe a zero tolerance zone for violence against womenOn the occasion of the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November 2011), FORWARD, Amnesty International and the TUC has urged the UK, the European Union (EU) as well as all other members of the Council of Europe to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Amnesty International has expressed the view that it is unacceptable that every day one in five women in Europe suffers violence. It is estimated that the annual cost of violence against women for each and every one of the 47 countries in the Council of Europe could be as high as €34 billion. For each man, woman and child in a Council of Europe country, the cost could be as high as €555 per annum*. This is a huge financial burden for each country.New DVD for sale- The Blood of Women-FGM within the Pokot community in KenyaFORWARD presented the UK launch of The Blood of Women film on 10th October 2011 at Amnesty Human Rights Action Centre. ‘The Blood of Women’ is a documentary by Christian Lajoumard of Acrobates Films (previous work includes ‘Children of Noma’ ).New publication- "In their own words: Girls from Sierra Leone on Sexuality, Pregnancy and Services"FORWARD and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) worked in partnership with the Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) on a project titled "Empowering girls at risk". This project set out to assess the situation, experiences and effects of teenage pregnancy and early motherhood on girls in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The aim was to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women and also make their situation visible. The project ran from December 2009 to December 2010. This new publication is a booklet with highlights from the project with photographs.Invitation to tender for evaluation of Bristol FGM Community Development Project 2010-2011closing date 5pm on Tuesday 1 NovemberUrgent Action needed to Protect Girls at risk of Female Genital MutilationFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 JULY 2011Families safeguarding girls against FGM - Summer campaign and family picnicIt is that time of the year when girls from FGM practicing communities are more at risk of FGM. Girls can be flown out of the UK to countries that openly practice FGM to have the procedure done or by having it done at home utilising the holiday period as recovery time.Government officials pledge to support FORWARD and CDF’s, FGM and Child Marriage campaign in Tarime District, TanzaniaChildren’s Dignity Forum (CDF) raises the profile of the Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation work in Tarime, Tanzania supported by FORWARD. |