As the largest global programme addressing FGM, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation\/Cutting: Accelerating Change plays a critical role in achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 5.3, calling for the elimination of all harmful practices by 2030.\u00a0 This progress demonstrates the sustainability of the Joint Programme’s interventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Publication date<\/p>\n 2018<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n Author<\/p>\n UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Number of pages<\/p>\n 110<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n
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\nA\u00a0companion booklet to How to Transform a Social Norm<\/a>, Performance Analysis for Phase II<\/em>\u00a0outlines the key results achieved during this phase of the Joint Programme (2014-2017). It analyses progress in quantitative terms, pointing\u00a0to the positive difference the programme has made in galvanizing support for the elimination of FGM: more than 24.6 million individuals made public declarations of FGM abandonment, some 3.3 million women and girls accessed prevention, protection and care services across 16 countries, and 13 countries have laws banning FGM, with similar laws pending in three more countries.<\/p>\n