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<p> </p><p>We regularly raise Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with the Government
of Sudan. We worked hard through the Government’s National Council for Child Welfare
(NCCW) to ensure that Sudan was represented at the Girl Summit which took place in
London in July, and which had a particular focus on FGM and child and early forced
marriage (CEFM). We welcome the Government’s subsequent signature of the Girl Summit
Charter, which includes a public commitment to ending FGM. We are now in discussion
with the NCCW about an event to mark that signature, which would be attended by the
Ministry of Social Welfare. On 22 October the Government will host a regional meeting
on ending FGM, in which it will showcase its own achievements in changing attitudes.</p><p>
</p><p>Advocacy on the need for legislation on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) forms
part of a programme supported by DFID and run by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the
World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). More broadly,
the programme aims to end FGM by making it socially unacceptable, and supports the
country-wide Saleema campaign which is led by the Government of Sudan.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>DFID is also providing funding to UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster
Survey (MICS), which will include data on the percentage of women who have undergone
FGM, and will report by the end of 2014. The findings of that survey will inform our
discussions with the Government of Sudan and our future programming.</p><p> </p><p>
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