Sudan banned FGM - what happens next?

An amendment to the law states anyone who performs FGM faces three years' imprisonment and a fine.

Masanga, 05 January 2015 – As efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are intensifying in the country, 836 young people– 634 girls and 202 boys from Tarime and Loliondo districts, have gone through alternative rites of passage training. The young people were awarded certificates of merit during a graduation ceremony organized by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul on Monday 5th January 2015 and officiated by Minister of Labour and Employment, Hon. Gaudensia Kabaka.

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FGM Fight - a War Mara Must Win At All Cost
AllAfrica.com
Hundreds of girls who escaped FGM and sought refuge at Masanga centre in Mara, northern Tanzania, in a photo taken in December 2013. On February 6, this year, Tanzania joined the rest of the world to mark International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female ...

UK police begin an investigation into reports that at least 50 girls were taken from the UK to Somalia for female genital mutilation.

Tanzania has the dubious distinction of having the highest child marriage rates in the world. This should embarrass us all. It is estimated that two out of five girls here are married off before they turn 18. Thousands drop out of school due to early motherhood, when many of them are barely more than children themselves

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Child marriage and FGM in Tanzania
Mail & Guardian Online
HRW calls on Tanzania to set the minimum age for marriage at 18, following an investigation into high levels of child marriage and FGM in the country. Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls' access to education and exposes them to serious harms, Human ...

Tarime moves to eliminate FGM
Daily News
TARIME Special Zone Regional Police Commander (RPC) Benedict Mambosasa has said he has a list of 19 circumcisers who plan to mutilate several hundreds girls in different parts of Tarime district in the coming few weeks. The RPC has urged the ...

Parents will face prosecution if they fail to prevent their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) or forced marriage under new measures being announced.