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2 Nov 1998 - The report of the case study of men and women from Somali, Eritraen, Yemenis and Sudanese communities resident in Birmingham, highlights some of the issues surrounding FGM in the UK, including attitudes and awareness of the communities and their perceived access to health care facilities.
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1 Sep 1998 - Mimi Ramsey, not satisfied with campaigning mainly in the USA, decided to take off to a rural area of Ethiopia to conduct her campaign to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Being Ethiopian herself, communication was not a problem.
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12 Jul 1998 - This major women's health project in the Gambia, co-funded by the Department for International Development, is in its second year. FORWARD has visited the two pilot areas for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
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10 Jun 1998 - WHO-Europe organised a Technical Working Group meeting towards the end of last year on the issue of the health of Minorities in Europe.
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6 Apr 1998 - FORWARD attended the National Black Members Conference of UNISON last November. We held a well attended workshop with members wanting to know more about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and how they could help in our campaign to stop the practice both in the UK and worldwide.
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9 Feb 1998 - The mini project on vesico vaginal fistula (VVF) for which we received £1000 from Jo Bryant's group in Kent has been conducted. The money was enough to purchase 60 packs of treatment materials. Thus, sixty young women suffering from VVF were given repair packs for their treatment.
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5 Feb 1998 - Our representative in Germany, Tobe Levin, attended the Inter Africa Committee meeting in Dakar last year. She met with other non-African campaigners against FGM . This group have formed a Forum - 'European, Pacific and Asian Countries (EPAC) against FGM'.
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28 Jan 1998 - Since the last Forum in December 1997, Debbie Read has been conducting research into Local Authority policies and practices in relation to female genital mutilation (FGM) in England and Wales.
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17 Jan 1998 - Thanks to the support of the World Bank, FORWARD is now working with PATH (Programme for Appropriate Technology for Health) in Kenya to mobilise men to campaign against FGM in two districts of Kenya: Kisii and Tharaka Nithi. This is a 2 year pilot project which if successful will be used as a model for other countries in Africa wherever FGM is practised. PATH works with a grassroots organisation, Maendeleo. Ya Wanaake - who are well known for their successful campaigns on FGM in Kenya. F
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13 Jan 1998 - FORWARD attended a Conference on FGM organised by the The Ministry of Women in Rome in November last year. The Italian Government has now included FGM as a priority health policy matter for Ethnic and Minority groups.
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12 Jan 1998 - FORWARD and Goteborg Immigration Services in Sweden are making preparations for a follow up to FORWARD's 1992 UK Declaration on FGM.
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