06.02.2017 – « RESPECT OUR BODIES »

GAMS Belgium launches a new slogan on the International day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation is too often seen as a violence against women and girls that only exists on the African continent. But the practice also exists in Asia, the Middle-East, Europe… In Belgium, more than 13.000 women and girls are affected, and more than 4.000 are at risk.

Through this action, GAMS Belgium aims to break stereotypes and raise awareness about the need to respect girls’ & women’s bodies, also in Belgium. Women’s bodies have always been subject to control: we question for example the rise of the amount of requests for plastic genital surgery.  GAMS Belgium wants to hightlight its fight against all forms of FGM & takes its position as a feminist organisation fighting violence against women.