This campaign to collect information on FGM in the Middle East and Asia and support campaigns has been halted due to lack of funding. For updates on our projects in Iraq and Iran check our website wadi-online.org. For news on FGM in Asia check our facebook page.
26.10.16. Our partner Rayehe Mozafarian made a short film about FGM in Iran which shows that it is still done in the villages to curb a girl’s lust and desire. But the tradition is fading because apparently some Mollahs have recommended to stop it (with English subtitles).
7.6.2017. By Osman Mahmoudi Despite some successes in ending FGM among Kurdish people in Iran the rate of abandonment has been slow. Based on Osman Mahmoudi’s…
30.5.2017. Athough Female Genital Mutilation is banned by law in Iraqi-Kurdistan since 2011 and numbers of newly mutilated girls are dropping significantly since then, still…
Press release by WADI / Stop FGM Middle East & Asia February 6th 2017. On the seventh official International Day of Zero Tolerance to female…
10.1.2017. By Stop FGM Middle East. A study by the Heartland Alliance in cooperation with Unicef and the High Council of Women Affairs shows a…