Personal Stories of FGM/C Survivors

• Born in the Big Rains: A memoir of Somalia and Survival- Faduma Korn

• Infidel: My life- Ayaan Hirsi Ali

• I Will Scream to the World: My Story. My Fight. My Hope for Girls Everywhere- Jaha Dukureh

Personal Stories of Sexual Assault/Violence

• Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired the African #metoo Movement- Toufah Jallow & Kim Pittaway

Informational Readings on FGM/C

• Female Genital Trauma: Guidelines for Working Therapeutically with Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation

• Talking about female genital mutilation : a guide to safeguarding for professionals who work with children

• Counselling professionals’ awareness and understanding of female genital mutilation/cutting: Training needs for working therapeutically with survivors

• Fite, R. O., Hanfore, L. K., Lake, E. A., & Obsa, M. S. (2020). Prevalence of female genital mutilation among women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Heliyon, 6(7).

• Abebe, S., Dessalegn, M., Hailu, Y., & Makonnen, M. (2020). Prevalence and barriers to ending female genital cutting: the case of Afar and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(21), 7960.

• Experiences of Girls Who Underwent Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora , Johanna Elizabeth Maree and Nokuthula Gloria Nkosi-Mafutha

• Person-Centred Communication for Female Genital Mutilation Prevention : A Facilitator's Guide for Training Healthcare Providers.

• World Health Organization. (n.d.). Types of female genital mutilation. https://www.who.int/teams/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-research-(srh)/areas-of-work/female-genital-mutilation/types-of-female-genital-mutilation

• Williams-Breualt, B. D. (n.d.). Eradicating female genital mutilation/cutting: Human rights-based approaches of legislation, education, and community empowerment. Health and Human Rights Journal.

• UN Women. (n.d.). Facts and figures: Ending violence against women. https://www.unwomen.org/en/articles/facts-and-figures/facts-and-figures-ending-violence-against-women

• What is FGM?. 42nd Street | What is FGM? |. (n.d.). https://www.42ndstreet.org.uk/support/read/what-is-fgm/

• Nakamura, K., Miyachi, K., Miyawaki, Y., & Toda, M. (Eds.). (2023). Female genital mutilation/cutting : Global zero tolerance policy and diverse responses from african and asian local communities. Springer.

Prevalence of child marriage 

• Determinants of child marriage among rural women in the West Guji Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2024: a community-based cross-sectional study

• UNICEF. (n.d.). Child marriage in Ethiopia. https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/media/1516/file/Child%20marriage%20in%20Ethiopia%20.pdf

• End child marriage. Home. (n.d.). https://www.zonta.org/Web/Web/Causes/EndChildMarriage.aspx#:~:text=From%202018%2D2022%2C%20Zonta%20contributed,Phase%20II%20of%20the%20project.