The Commonwealth Government's attention was drawn to FGM in the late 1980s following the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi and with the increasing numbers of migrants and refugees from FGM-practising countries into Australia.
Over 20 years later we are at the crossroads. This session presents programmatic responses from across Australia.
Papers
FGM: A mainstream conversation
Claire Naffah
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Awareness Raising on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) based on Western Australian FGM Education Program
Martha Teshome
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Australia's approach to FGM - a 20-year journey
Juliana Nkrumah