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A champion saving girls from FGM/C

A champion saving girls from FGM/C

Coumba Aw is a young champion leading change in her community in Senegal. This is the story of how she changed attitudes and beliefs ar...

Women and girls Senegal End FGM/C
It's time to end FGM/C

It's time to end FGM/C

Cynthia Oning'oi, end FGM/C champion and survivor, has a clear and urgent message: it's time to put an end to female genital mutilation.

Women and girls Kenya End FGM/C
Updates on stories we shared in 2024

Updates on stories we shared in 2024

In 2024, we had the privilege of sharing the personal stories of some inspirational people: midwives, Community Health Workers, volunte...

Women and girls health worker training
A revisit to: Hellen Hadia

A revisit to: Hellen Hadia

Two years on from graduating in midwifery, Hellen Hadia is a registered midwife in charge of the maternity unit at Mvolo County Hospita...

Women and girls South Sudan
From family trade to fighting against FGM/C

From family trade to fighting against FGM/C

The story of how Sarah Sakau went from inflicting the cut of FGM/C to fighting against it - in her mid-eighties.

Women and girls Kenya End FGM/C
“When we cut a girl, we cut her future short”

“When we cut a girl, we cut her future short”

Jane Nkotai has turned her personal struggle against FGM/C - from running 60km through the night to safety from the cut to living as a...

Kenya Women and girls End FGM/C
Safe water and nutrition support for IDPs in Ethiopia

Safe water and nutrition support for IDPs in Ethiopia

Amref, with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, is providing nutrition support and improving the supply of safe drinking water for Intern...

WASH Women and girls Ethiopia Emergency response
The success stories after fistula surgery

The success stories after fistula surgery

Amref's obstetric fistula programme in Tanzania and Uganda has completed 244 successful surgeries over five years.

Women and girls Tanzania Uganda
A house call with a difference

A house call with a difference

How VHTs improve the health and wellbeing of young Ugandan mothers

Uganda Women and girls

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