Targeting Five Regions with High Levels of Female Genital Mutilation

TLDR

• Mr Moses said Arusha and Manyara remain among the regions with the highest reported prevalence, at 43 per cent.
• DAR ES SALAAM: FOR generations, female genital mutilation (FGM) has been defended in some communities as a cultural tradition.
• The campaign, known as the Caravan for the Dissemination of the National Multi-Sectoral Strategy to End FGM, is targeting five regions identified as having high levels of the practice including Dodoma, Manyara, Arusha.
• The campaign is targeting the five regions because of the continued prevalence of FGM in some communities.
• As the caravan continues across the five regions, organisers hope the discussions taking place in communities will encourage more families to abandon the practice and embrace the shared responsibility of safeguarding.