Global Media Campaign to End FGM

🚌 West Pokot, get ready! Two Born Perfect Caravans are coming your way! 🇰🇪

On 24 and 25 November, @irep_foundation , with support from Frontline Ending FGM Kenya, will lead two Born Perfect Caravans in West Pokot as part of the @EUinKenya and @UNFPAKen -funded Komesha FGM Sasa! project.

Before hitting the road, the team is bringing together women, young people, elders, religious leaders, survivors and local authorities to discuss the pressures that keep FGM going and how families and communities can protect girls.

Through radio programmes, community meetings and conversations between generations, I_Rep Foundation is preparing the ground for the Caravans, taking the campaign into communities where these discussions are urgently needed.

We're proud to support I_Rep Foundation and the work they're doing across West Pokot. 💜

#BornPerfectCaravan #KomeshaFGMSasa #EndFGM #WestPokot #Kenya #FrontlineEndingFGM

🚌 Three Born Perfect Caravans are launching in Tharaka-Nithi, Kenya! 🇰🇪

Building on five previous Born Perfect Caravans, our grassroots partners Fit For Future are preparing to take the campaign against FGM to hotspots and hard-to-reach communities across Tharaka-Nithi County, as part of @EUinKenya and @UNFPAKen Komesha FGM Sasa! project.

Since summer 2025, Born Perfect Caravans in Kenya have reached 47 communities and almost 45,000 people. This November, seven more Caravans will reach thousands more across Tharaka-Nithi, West Pokot and Isiolo.

In Tharaka-Nithi, Fit For Future will bring together religious and cultural leaders, young people, parents and survivors to challenge FGM, break the silence and encourage communities to abandon the practice together.

📍 Sunday 15 November: Kiang'ondu to Makanyanga
📍 Wednesday 18 November: Kathigiririni to Mbuiru
📍 Saturday 21 November: Kiang'ondu to Kabururu

We're delighted to support Fit For Future as they prepare for another three days on the road, and we look forward to sharing their progress!

If you're in Tharaka-Nithi, come out, meet the team and join the Born Perfect Caravans to help end FGM in your community.

#BornPerfectCaravan #KomeshaFGMSasa #EndFGM #TharakaNithi #FrontlineEndingFGM #Kenya

The Born Perfect Bus Tour is returning to Port Loko, Sierra Leone, for the 16 Days of Activism! 🇸🇱💜

From 25 November to 10 December, @turayneneh and her team at the @AmazonianIniti3 will be back on the road, speaking with communities about FGM, sharing documentaries featuring local women's stories and listening to survivors and practitioners.

Last year's tour reached all 13 chiefdoms in Port Loko District, with AIM reporting that girls were rescued from initiation shrines and women were protected from domestic violence.

We're delighted to support AIM as they prepare to return, building on years of courageous work by Rugiatu and her team.

AIM is also inviting survivors who would like to share their experiences to get in touch directly.

Help AIM bring the Born Perfect Bus Tour back to Port Loko:
aimsierraleone.org/donate

#BornPerfect #16DaysOfActivism #EndFGM #SierraLeone #BondoWithoutCutting

Preparations for the upcoming Born Perfect Caravans in Isiolo County, Kenya, are well underway!

Last weekend in Garbatulla, @RobaAisha and her team at @GirlEgd gathered over 70 people for a pre-Caravan action meeting, bringing together women, young people, elders, religious leaders and local administrators to prepare their communities for the Caravans and discuss how to protect girls from FGM.

With the school holidays underway, Aisha is urging families and community leaders to be especially vigilant, as girls face a greater risk of being cut during this period.

The meeting was covered by three national TV stations, helping spread the message across Kenya.

If you're in Isiolo County, join Aisha and her team, get involved in the upcoming Born Perfect Caravans and help protect girls during the holidays.

💜 Help fund the Caravans and the women leading this work: frontlineendingfgm.org/donate/

#BornPerfectCaravan #EndFGM #FrontlineEndingFGM #Isiolo #Kenya

Grassroots survivor-led organisations know how to end FGM and have the data to back it up. What's missing is the support.

@turayneneh , founder of the @AmazonianIniti3 in Sierra Leone and co-founder of FrontlineEndingFGM, has been leading the frontline fight against FGM in Sierra Leone for over 30 years.

Her message is clear: we know what to do, and we are best placed to do it; we just need the resources.

The evidence of what happens when local solutions are properly funded is clear - see our studies here: frontlineendingfgm.org/impact-studies/

And this weekend, local partners are going back to the communities visited by the Caravan during it's pilot across Sierra Leone. A year on, we will measure how frontline action drives changes in attitudes and intentions from within.

Keep an eye out for the results.

#EndFGM #FundLocalWomen #SierraLeone #FrontlineEndingFGM #LocalLeadership