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RT @TunawezaEmpower: @TunawezaEmpower worked directly with the police to stop the cutting.
“We couldn’t do it alone, we needed the police to help us and local politicians to call it up and we can see that the pressure worked. veteran campaigner, @Vincent_Mwit

@EUinKenya

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RT @CDomtila: We are grateful to the @EUinKenya for taking the lead in rallying behind our call and calling on other partners to direct their actions and resources to where action and impact is being realized @irep_foundation @AWRA_org

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RT @AyoBello0: @maggie_okane your commitment & passion towards is impeccable. Thanks for always showing us off, you do not hesitate to amplify our voices, thank you for carrying us on your shoulders. Your support through @GMCEndFGM has amplified the work we do @IGRHDev

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RT @BsiKenya: “We can’t do this on our own.. But we can get the police to the right place, alert them to the cutting before it happens and run continuous local media campaigns warning people that if they cut they will be in prison.” (@Sadearh), from Tana River, Kenya.

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European Union supported film “How To Save A Girl” tells the story of how temperatures rose across the country during the Christmas cutting period as thousands of girls faced the cut & campaigners clashed with traditional communities from West Pokot to Kuria.

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Despite the ban on FGM hundreds of girls were cut at Christmas and activists and the European Union expect a repeat if they are no intense local campaigns with the police to warn people not to cut.

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Apart from the support of the European Union currently frontline women’s organisations only receive less than 2% of donor funding.

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The film screening comes as cutting communities again prepare for more cutting during the Easter Holiday when schools will be closed. The European Union values what the activists are advocating for.

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RT @IGRHDev: We followed up on all the efforts of frontline activists to end FGM in Kuria Kenya and we must say this gives a lot of hope. Huge congrats to all

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RT @Zinduka_eV: FGM is widespread in the Kurian community. activists and grassroots organizations are doing incredible work in the area to combat FGM and other harmful practices against women and girls.

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RT @GMCEndFGM: Thank you to @GPtoEndFGM @WallaceGlobal @WorldBank & @EUinKenya for enabling us to work with Activists in Kenya & beyond.
Together we are making an Impact.
We sincerely hope @gatesfoundation @mackenziescott can join us very soon

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The European Union supports the Co-Founder, Sadia Hussein, @Sadearh herself a survivor of FGM and a campaigner for over 20 years spoke movingly of her own near death experience when, as a survivor of the worst form of FGM, she gave birth to her first child.

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RT @GMCEndFGM: This a unique insight into the unrelenting pressure on activists as they work to prevent and stop mass cutting. Happening at 6:30PM EAT in Nairobi.
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@EUinKenya @GPtoEndFGM @gmcendfgm @zinduka_ev @WallaceGlobal @sadearh @Vincent_Mwit @jkipainoi @CDomtila

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RT @BsiKenya: “The evidence is that the frontline activists are the most effective - and cost-effective - way of achieving change.” ~Sadia Husein (@Sadearh), who is also one of the co-founders of from Tana River

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The European Union supports Frontline Ending FGM activists and frontline women’s organisations in Kenya and are calling on other funders to get behind them as they push to stop hundreds of girls being cut during the forthcoming holidays in Kenya.

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