Our mission is to empower Dawoodi Bohra and other Asian communities to end female genital cutting and create positive social change through dialogue, education and collaboration based on community involvement.

La Fundación Wassu-UAB es una organización científica de ámbito internacional, que actúa para la prevención de la Mutilación Genital Femenina (MGF) a través de la investigación antropológica y médica, aplicada a la transferencia de conocimiento. Nacida del compromiso de contribuir a la creación de un mundo en igualdad de derechos, la Fundación Wassu-UAB propone una metodologíapionera, innovadora y sostenible.

The Inter-African Committee on traditional practices affecting the health of women and children (IAC) is an African regional umbrella body that has been working on policy programmes and actions to eliminate female genital mutilation, child marriage and other harmful traditional practices and to promote the positive ones in the African Region for the last 30 years. It was formed on February 6, 1984 by African delegates to a seminar organised by a United Nations NGO Working Group on Traditional Practices based in Geneva, with the support of UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and the Government of Senegal. It was formed at a time when female genital mutilation was highly controversial and a ‘sensitive’ issue for discussion. There was a critical need for an African regional voice in an international campaign against FGM, which led to the establishment of the Inter-African Committee.

We empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights. We believe that through this mission we can ensure every person—woman, man, girl, and boy—is able to live a life of dignity.