Program 04
FGM Awareness
& Prevention
Working with communities to change attitudes, raise awareness, and end Female Genital Mutilation — protecting the rights and health of girls and women.
Working with communities to change attitudes, raise awareness, and end Female Genital Mutilation — protecting the rights and health of girls and women.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that violates the human rights of girls and women, causing severe physical and psychological harm. The COF FGM Project is committed to ending this practice in Oyo State through community education, engagement, and advocacy.
We recognise that lasting change requires working with communities — not against them. Our approach engages traditional leaders, religious figures, mothers, fathers, and young people to collectively abandon FGM.
Through dialogue, education, and support for alternative ceremonies, we help communities transition away from FGM while preserving their cultural identity and dignity.
FGM causes severe bleeding, infections, complications in childbirth, and long-term psychological trauma. It has no health benefits whatsoever.
FGM violates the rights of girls and women to health, security, and freedom from violence, torture, and discrimination.
The elimination of FGM is a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal. Nigeria is committed to ending it — and COF is on the ground making that happen.
Your support enables our team to reach more communities, educate more families, and protect more girls from this harmful practice.