Kampala Uganda, East Africa
ICOD Action Network a national community development and human rights charity in Uganda, East Africa has continued to condemn Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Female Genital Mutilation is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. The practice also violates women's rights to health, security and physical integrity, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life when the procedure results in death.
On November 2, 2014, ICOD Action Network launched a 45 day campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds to support grassroots movements of mothers and grandmothers working hard to end Female Genital Mutilation.
“We have worked with grassroots organization for the past 5 years and achieved amazing results, we are glad to be working with the Barefoot Grannies to build safer communities for girls and women,” says Michael Ahabwe Mugerwa the Executive Director of ICOD Action Network.
"The safety of critically vulnerable girls and women is challenged on a daily basis by cruel and degrading practices like Female Genital Mutilation. It is time the world stands up and make efforts to end practices like Female Genital Mutilation.”
Through technical support, resource allocation, mentorship, leadership training, and network building, ICOD Action Network is working with 219 grannies to address reproductive health issues in their communities. These mothers and grannies are on the frontlines of change working to strengthen women’s rights, improve girls education, increase economic opportunity for women, and promote human rights in their communities.
“We are building grassroots women into exceptional visionaries for change. Barefoot Grannies walk everyday throughout their communities educating them about the dangers of Female Genital Mutilation and are working so hard to improve women’s reproductive health. You and us can make them more effective and make their vision a reality,” adds Michael Ahabwe Mugerwa the Executive Director of ICOD Action Network.
You can be part of a global movement to end Female Genital Mutilation and help promote reproductive health today. Join ICOD Action Network and the Barefoot Grannies to make communities safer for girls and women. Please support and contribute to the Barefoot Grannies Indiegogo Campaign today through this link http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-stop-female-genital-mutilation. All donations will directly go toward funding Barefoot Grannies projects.
For additional information, please visit the Barefoot Grannies campaign page https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-stop-female-genital-mutilation
You can also contact Michael Ahabwe Mugerwa
+256 792165208
About ICOD Action Network
We are a Uganda based nonprofit founded in March 2008. ICOD Action Network’s work extends beyond material support and touches upon the need to empower communities so that they can be able to sustain themselves. We believe that local driven interventions and innovations are the foundation of sustainable community transformation. Our core values at ICOD Action Network are deeply rooted in sustainability, human rights, justice, inclusiveness and participation, commitment, accountability and transparency. Resources and responsibilities for decision–making are used in ways that are mutually transparent and answerable to all stakeholders.
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