PRESS RELEASE: Connecticut Lawmakers have the Opportunity to Protect Children from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Will They Take It?
Hartford, Connecticut, 03/19/2024—The recent news that a bill to protect...
A prevalence study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that in 2012 over half a million women and girls in the United States underwent FGM/C or were at risk of FGM/C. 200 million women and girls worldwide live with FGM/C consequences.
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Hartford, Connecticut, 03/19/2024—The recent news that a bill to protect...
The CT Coalition to End FGM/C is a member of the U.S. End FGM/C Network. We are a survivor-led coalition working to ensure that the State of Connecticut joins with 40 other states – including its neighboring states of New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts – to end female genital mutilation and cutting.
is building holistic solutions to support survivors and prevent future generations of girls in the State of Connecticut from experiencing FGM/C. We are working with a diverse coalition of stakeholders, advocating for comprehensive legislation that will help protect girls from FGM/C, provide survivors with support services, raise awareness of the harm FGM/C causes, and educate frontline professionals on how to provide culturally specific and sensitive care.