To coincide with the International Day of Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation (February 6), the Protection and Livelihoods Project (Safe Spaces for Women and Girls in Seyoun), funded by UNFPA and implemented by HUMAN ACCESS in Wadi Hadramout, held a workshop on combating female genital mutilation. Dr. Mahmoud Bajubair talked about circumcision, its types, and the health consequences of female genital mutilation, which endanger females’ health and cause them life-long suffering.
For his part, Zuhair bin Ubada, a social worker in the safe space for women and girls, stressed the need to raise community awareness about the harms of female circumcision, and referred to the psychological, physical, and social harms resulting from female genital mutilation.
