Preventing and Responding to Female Genital Mutilation in Emergency and Humanitarian Contexts
Between October and November 2020, 76 experts from 44 organizations in 31 countries and 5 world regions gathered online to participate in multiple virtual stakeholder dialogue sessions in the run-up to the FGM Donors Working Group meeting on 16-17 November 2020. The online discussions focused on “Preventing and Responding to Female Genital Mutilation in Emergency and Humanitarian Contexts” with the explicit aim of providing a concrete set of recommendations for donors and key actors in the field.
Press Release – The EU should ensure and sustain access to support for migrant women facing GBV
Marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, ACCESS project partners call on the European Union and its Member States to ensure and sustain access to prevention, protection and support of migrant women facing GBV.
Joint letter – Calling on Generation Equality Action Coalition on GBV to ensure that no girl is left behind
GAMS Belgium is joining civil society organisations and activists from across 79 countries to call on Generation Equality Action Coalition on GBV to ensure that no girl is left behind & prioritise ending child marriage and FGM.
Online conference – Migrant women & GBV: sharing & sustaining the ACCESS project results at EU level
On 2 December 2020, ACCESS project partners are organising an online conference for professionals and institutions active in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) against migrant women in Europe.
CoP-FGM Webinar: Preventing and Responding to FGM in Humanitarian Settings
On November 12 2020 GAMS Belgium, AIDOS and End FGM EU organize in the context of the Community of Practice on Female Genital Mutilation (CoP-FGM) a webinar to draw attention to the prevention of FGM and support for those affected in a humanitarian context.
Webinar (Dutch) on Feminism, Anti-racism and the fight against FGM
On Friday 28 August 2020, GAMS Belgium organised a webinar on FGM within an intersectional approach that combines feminist and anti-racist point of views. Find out what was said by the activists Lindah Leah Nyirenda, Meron Knikman, and Stella Nyanchama Okemwa!
Annual Report 2019 – Towards a world free of female genital mutilation
Find out what our strategies and approaches have been in 2019 to combat FGM and other violence faced by migrant women.
The therapeutic process as a tool for self-reconstruction
During therapeutic exchanges, women confronted with FGM and/or forced marriages free themselves from what prevents them from moving forward. Maud Jeulin, psychologist, gives an account of the therapeutic process involved in regaining one’s own life.
Webinar “Feminism & anti-racism: prospects for the fight against FGM in Belgium”
Creating a dialogue around the misrepresentations of FGM in order to prevent political instrumentalisation and to avoid harming affected communities.
GAMS Belgium stands in solidarity with MEP Herzberger-Fofana
GAMS Belgium shares the position of the European Network End FGM in solidarity with the MEP Herzberg-Fofana who testified about her experience with the Belgian police.
