#FrontlineEndingFGM Activists make a lasting impact
Over the Christmas period 1,611 girls in Kenya were saved from FGM – thanks to the work of 13 Activists These thirteen dedicated #FrontlinersEndingFGM Activists worked with the Police, to change parents minds about cutting their daughters and ensure that the perpetrators of FGM were arrested. The 1611 girls that were saved was achieved with […]
#FrontlineEndingFGM achieves a ‘statistically significant’ result in Mali
This followed on from a year of intensive locally-led campaigns in Mali. Our endline study was conducted in February 2022 by lean data specialists ’60 Decibels’. This followed on from a baseline study in February 2021 and midline in October 2021. Our campaigns were funded by Plan Germany, Plan Denmark and The World Bank. As […]
‘Endline’ impact study Nigeria – November 2021
14% of those wanting to carry out FGM on their daughters – changed their minds – after less than a year of campaigning 60 Decibels, our impact assessment partner, conducted a ‘endline’ survey that followed on from a ‘baseline’ survey at the start of the 2021. The 14% shift in attitudes against FGM is welcomed […]
GMC’s holistic, data driven approach, to evaluating our impact on ending FGM
Abstract: We set out our approach to measuring the effectiveness of our strategy to end FGM. Timely evaluation of what we are achieving also enables us to reinforce good approaches and modify bad ones. We also recognise our Funders need to make a judgement on how effectively their donations are being used. GMC uses a […]
Tana River, East Kenya, Impact Measurement Study (2019-2021)
The 5th study was carried out in January 2021, by Sadia Isaak and her team, to further validate the dramatically improving metrics we had obtained in our 4th longitudinal study, completed in October 2020.
Baseline impact study Mali – March 2021
Conducted by ’60 Decibels’ – commissioned by GMC (and funded by UNFPA and Plan International)
Baseline impact study Nigeria – March 2021
Conducted by ’60 Decibels’ – commissioned by GMC (and funded by UNFPA and Plan International)
In 2020 more girls were “at risk” of mutilation by FGM, than the entire population of cities such as Paris and Los Angeles
Breaking News: UNFPA confirms; “4 million girls were at risk in 2020” That is more than the entire population of cities such as Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Chicago. To repeat the entire city population of these cities … So what are we doing about this staggering figure? We at GMC are committed to […]
