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Our latest News, Events, Press Releases and Blog posts


New Research on Male Perspectives on FGM Released
(Originally published: 2016)On Thursday 8th December 2016 Men Speak Out released our ground-breaking research addressing the role men play in the practice of FGM and the campaign to end it.

FORWARD Wins Community Health Development Award!
(Originally published: 2016)FORWARD is proud to announce that we won the Community Health Development Award for our Schools Programme, at the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Health & Wellbeing Awards 2016!

FORWARD in The News: “No Prosecutions for FGM in Britain, So What is the Problem?”
(Originally published: 2016)FORWARD’s Head of Global Advocacy comments on the lack of prosecutions for FGM in the UK and why “getting to the point of prosecution means Forward has failed, the law has failed, as a girl has been subjected to FGM”.

Moolaade Film Screening: FORWARD Post-screening Discussion, Nottingham

The Cinema Of Ousmane Sembène Returns to UK Screens This Autumn Raising the Issue of FGM
(Originally published: 2016)
FORWARD In The News “‘FGM Laws ‘Not Used Appropriately’ Charity Director”
(Originally published: 2016)
FORWARD In The News “14 Reasons Sex Education Needs To Be Mandatory in Schools”
(Originally published: 2016)
Press Release: Launch of Innovative Girls Project On Gender Based Violence Launched in Five Countries
(Originally published: 2016)
Press Release: Young Woman Dies After Undergoing FGM In Sierra Leone
(Originally published: 2016)
Vacancy: Africa Programme Assistant
(Originally published: 2016)