The Five Foundation
The Five Foundation is an organisation working towards the elimination of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).[1] It was founded by Nimco Ali and Brendan Wynne.[2][3] It was launched in September 2019[4] in New York and currently has signed-up partners which include Plan International, Action Aid, The ONE Campaign, Save The Children (UK), UN Women (UK) and Women for Women International.[5]
In 2019, The Five Foundation advocated to have FGM included in the UK Children's Act.[6][7] The Foundation has also been active in raising awareness of a case of a Kenyan doctor's attempts to legalise FGM,[8] persuading Sudan to ban FGM in May 2020,[9][10][failed verification] working on a fatwa banning child marriage in June 2019,[11] communicating how the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the risk of FGM,[12] and being a central player in getting the US Stop FGM Act passed in January 2021.[13]
The Five Foundation also advocates for increased funding for grassroots African women's organisations[14] and on the need to end the medicalisation of FGM.[15]
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