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Our second “Desert Flower Center"-baby!

Dr. Strunz with our 2nd "Desert Flower Center"-baby
Dr. Strunz with our 2nd "Desert Flower Center"-baby

Dr. Cornelia Strunz, the head of Desert Flower Center, has great news:

Wednesday, at 1.44 p.m. our second “Desert Flower Center”- baby was born in Waldfriede Hospital. We are very happy to welcome a healthy girl named Muha.

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Nigeria’s 1st lady fights against FGM

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At least 3 million new FGM victims each year in Nigeria

Aisha Buhari
Aisha Buhari

The First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, has the courage to speak out against this crime. She and spouses of governors have joined calls to prosecute people involved in the practice.

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DFF Scandinavia & Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm

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Largest seminar on FGM worldwide

DFF Scandinavia Seminar - Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm
DFF Scandinavia Seminar - Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm

Only somebody who knows exactly what Female Genital Mutilation is, where, how and for what reasons it is performed, is able to ask the right questions and to fight against it.

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Our beneficiary Melrose, a child of Blood Diamond War

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News from Sierra Leone

Melrose
Melrose

One of our benefiaries is 13-year old Melrose from Freetown. She is as child of the Blood Diamond War in Sierra Leone:

Rebels abducted her mother, gang raped and impregnated her until she gave birth to Melrose.

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200 million girls and women have undergone FGM

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Shocking new statistical report by UNICEF

Girls in Egypt
Girls in Egypt

The global figure in the FGM statistical report by UNICEF includes nearly 70 million (!) more girls and women than estimated previously:

At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM.

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