III Programme of Action for the Prevention and Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation 2014-2017
III Programa de Ação para a Prevenção e Eliminação da Mutilação Genital Feminina 2014-2017
The information was last updated in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. It makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member of the European Union and was published before the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on the 31 January 2020.
The programme of action aims at strengthening intervention measures that prove to be crucial for the challenge of eradicating FGM. Training and capacity building of professionals who deal with the problem are foreseen, but also other target groups. It also proposes to act in a more incisive way on communities at risk, through the mobilization of NGOs, especially immigrant associations, building on an intervention network.
The budget to fund the implementation of the Programme consists of financial and human resources from all organizations that are part of the Working Group responsible for implementing it.
Policy Framework
Issuer
Presidency of the Council of the Ministers