Today is International Day of the Girl. Yet so many of those with the power to make the world better for girls are silent. Millions of girls have been subjected to #FGM, forced into sexual slavery dressed up as “child marriage”, and denied an education. The promise of a better world for all girls and women by 2030 is slipping further out of reach. Change is possible, but it is not inevitable. And doing nothing is a choice.

Amazing work by @girlkindkenya, one of the partners we support on the ground, working to #EndFGM through improving early childhood development in harder to reach areas.

Thank you, @BBCWomansHour, for having me on the show. For everyone asking what works to #EndFGM, and how we get funding to the people driving change, this is a place to start: resourcesforactivists.com/ The HER Africa Funder Alliance, founded by @TheFiveFound in 2022, brings governments and foundations together to increase investment in African women-led and grassroots organisations working to end FGM. The women closest to this work need the resources to lead it.

I am not sure if follow Friday is still a thing. But please follow @TheFiveFound and their work #EndFGM. 🖤

Not behind but running out of time. 📢 2025 Annual Report by @UNFPA @UNICEF @GPtoEndFGM is clear: ➡️ 22.7 million girls at risk by 2030 ➡️ Progress is accelerating ➡️ But so is resistance Ending #FGM requires more than commitment. It requires urgency. unfpa.org/FGM2025AR

Female genital mutilation has no medical benefit. The EFSTH Chief told The Gambia’s Supreme Court there is zero medical justification for #FGM. We must protect the health & dignity of girls. #EndFGM #Invest2EndFGM Read @FatuNetwork⬇️ unf.pa/4fMgvNg

I did my first podcast in a long time about #FGM and my work to end it. You can listen to “How You Find Your Voice” here: podbean.com/pw/pbblog-79an6-…

A productive multi‑stakeholder consultation meeting on the FGM/C Bill was held yesterday, led by Hon. Marwo Milgo Mohamed, Minister of Labor, Social Affairs & Family (MOLSAF), together with Marwo Aamina Elmi Fariid, Chairwoman of the Social Affairs Committee of the Parliament

A group of health professionals, politicians, and human rights activists demand clarification on Fatima Maada Bio’s public stance nysun.com/article/the-white-…

The White House Guest Who Won’t Condemn Female Genital Mutilation nysun.com/article/the-white-… @NewYorkSun

First Lady of Sierra Leone needs more data on the harms of #FGM, a form of child abuse that kills at least 44,000 African girls every year and comes with lifelong medical consequences: theguardian.com/global-devel… #endfgm

VIDEO NEWS: Fatima Bio Removed from Cambridge Women's Conference Over Support for FGM 👇👇 youtu.be/4OtmneHuv3s

@Myk, the last time I checked, you publicly spoke out against FGM yourself. When did opposing violence against women and girls become a political position? When you spoke against FGM in 2022, was it because you were an SLPP supporter, or because you recognised it as a harmful practice that affects the bodies and lives of women and girls? FGM is not an APC issue. It is not an SLPP issue. It is a human rights issue. So please stop. Do tell the First Lady speaking about her stance is not a crime. Like you I opposed FGM and that’s why I signed that letter. Survivors do not carry party cards when they are cut.

Not only has Sierra Leone’s First Lady defended and endorsed those carrying out FGM, she has also dismissed survivors, accusing us of speaking out for money and calling us liars. We speak out because we have lived the consequences of FGM and refuse to stay silent while more girls are harmed. #EndFGM #SurvivorVoicesMatter #NotInMyNameSL

Indeed, survivor voices were heard loud and clear. For far too long politicians in Sierra Leone and the government of President Bio have simply just ignored us and almost treat us as criminals. As British we must ensure that those who defend or endorsing FGM and any other form of extreme violations against the rights of our women and girls no matter who you are are not given unchallenged platforms while survivors continue to live with the consequences. Thank you to everyone who spoke up, signed, wrote letters, and stood with women and girls. The fight to end FGM continues. #EndFGM #SurvivorVoicesMatter #SierraLeone

Firstlady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio has been uninvited from speaking at the Global Power Women Forum at Cambridge. The organisers listened to concerns and made the right call and that is what accountability looks like.

Sierra Leone's First Lady will no longer be speaking at @Cambridge_Uni next week. Thank you @tomfball @thetimes thetimes.com/world/africa/ar… #Endfgm #FGM

A group of campaigners incl. @TheAlima @HawaDSesay @gillypom @FraterniteUK @NimkoAli wrote to organisers of an event platforming the apparently pro-FGM First Lady of Sierra Leone at the University of Cambridge. She will no longer be taking part: thefivefoundation.org/decisi… #EndFGM