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The Five Foundation is an organisation working towards the elimination of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).[1] It was founded by Nimco Ali and Brendan Wynne.[2][3] It was launched in September 2019[4] in New York and currently has signed-up partners which include Plan International, Action Aid, The ONE Campaign, Save The Children (UK), UN Women (UK) and Women for Women International.[5]

In 2019, The Five Foundation advocated to have FGM included in the UK Children's Act.[6][7] The Foundation has also been active in the case of a Kenyan doctor's attempts to legalise FGM[8], persuading Sudan to ban FGM in May 2020[9][10] and working on a fatwa banning child marriage in June 2019.[11]

The Five Foundation also advocates for increased funding for grassroots African women's organisations[12] and on the need to end the medicalisation of FGM.[13]

References

  1. ^ Vernon, Polly. "Grazia Magazine". Grazia. Retrieved 2020-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "5 Ways To Support International Day Of The Girl From Your Own Home". Bustle. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  3. ^ "Meet the young people fighting to change the world". Evening Standard. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  4. ^ "Anti FGM Campaigner Nimco Ali Launches Global Bid To Protect Girls". Reuters. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  5. ^ "Global Partnership To End Female Genital Mutilation Launches in NYC". Women For Women International. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  6. ^ "The Queen Honors Two Women Who Seek To End Female Genital Mutilation". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  7. ^ "The UK's FGM Bill Has Nearly Been Made Law". British Vogue. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  8. ^ "A Kenyan doctor is seeking to legalize female genital mutilation". CNN. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  9. ^ Magdy, Samy. "Sudan's bid to ban genital mutilation sparks hope, caution". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Walsh, Declan (2020-04-30). "In a Victory for Women in Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation Is Outlawed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  11. ^ "How A Former Child Bride Got A Fatwa Against Child Marriage". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  12. ^ "'We will end female genital mutilation only by backing frontline activists". The Guardian. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  13. ^ "'Doctors in Britain are making money from mutilating girls' genitals". The Telegraph. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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