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As the end of the year approaches, we are pleased to share our achievements over the past 12 months with you in our 2006/07 Annual Report. This has been a period of great transition for FORWARD. We started to implement our new strategic plan, took on new staff and elected ten new members to our Board of Trustees. This has been an extremely positive step for FORWARD and we have continued to attract many more friends and supporters like you. Your valuable support has made a significant difference to our work and has enabled us to advance health, protect rights and promote dignity of African women and girls in the UK and Africa.
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7 Dec 2007 - FORWARD is currently seeking an experienced Bookkeeper to undertake inputting into a new financial accounting software financial input onto our accounts system (QuickBooks)
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23 Oct 2007 - A study published on the 9th of October 2007 by FORWARD, reveals that nearly 66,000 women with [url=key/key-issues/fgm]FGM[/url] are living in England and Wales that over 20,000 girls under 15 could be at risk of FGM in the UK.
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11 Oct 2007 - Over 20,000 girls under 15 at high risk of FGM in England and Wales - FGM Prevalence Study published 9 October 2007
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15 Aug 2007 - FORWARD seeking to appoint a Chairperson and Trustees
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Female genital mutilation and the feminization of HIV-AIDS are slowly being linked, especially in the three African countries--Somalia, Djibouti and Sudan--where the most extreme FGM is predominant.
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Norway pledged 20 million kroner (US$3.4 million, €2.5 million) on Wednesday to help the United Nations fight the genital mutilation of young girls through female circumcision.
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) can make sex painful, complicate childbirth, lead to urinary tract infections, enable the transmission of HIV -- and induce a host of other ills. So, promising to fight this practice should be a winning strategy for someone hoping to be elected to parliament this Saturday in Sierra Leone -- where about 90 percent of girls and women undergo FGM, according to rights watchdog Amnesty International.
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Participants at the Global Consultation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) have called on religious and traditional leaders to dispel continuing myths and misconceptions within cultures and religious communities that are used to justify continuation of FGM/C.
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The number of girls and women who undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined in Ethiopia's Southern Regional State, and could be reduced further if stronger penalties were enforced, an NGO leader said.
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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is urging the international community to back its pledge for Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) by intensifying advocacy and grassroots interventions against the practice and mobilizing additional resources to combat FGM/C.
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Oumou Toure narrowly escaped deportation from Canada to her native Guinea because of the threat of genital mutilation that loomed over her 2-year-old daughter. The case illustrates difficulties women fleeing violence face when they seek asylum.
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Groundbreaking reconstructive surgery for women who have undergone gential mutilation is being performed in Burkina Faso. Despite efforts across Africa to stop the practice of excision, including an outright ban in many countries, it is still widely practiced. From Ouagadougou, Naomi Schwarz tells the story of the surgery and of a woman who has chosen to have it done.
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15 Jul 2007 - Metropolitan Police offer £20K REWARD for information leading to arrest and prosecution of FGM
Launching its summer, campaign the Metropolitan police has taken the unusual step of offering a maximum £20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone carrying out [url=key-issues/fgm]female genital mutilation (FGM)[/url] in London.
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18 Jun 2007 - Why not have a read through the 'Young People Speak Out' (YPSO) Bridges magazine? Now available for download, it will give readers a taste of what participants from phase 1 achieved in this project, who then moved onto producing an exciting DVD with Banyak film makers.
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FORWARD is seeking an inspirational leader to lead and manage the next phase in the organisation's development.
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13 May 2007 - The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) is an international non-governmental organisation that works to advance the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of African girls and women.
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26 Feb 2007 - On the 6th of February 2007 and in the recognition of The International Zero Tolerance Day to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), The Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD) has organised a training day at The Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque (ICCCM).
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