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FAME Foundation Calls for an End to Female Genital Mutilation
Joel Ajayi
In commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, FAME Foundation, a not-for-profit organization set up for the empowerment and development of women and girls in Nigeria and Africa, calls on all nations to outlaw all harmful behaviors that affect women and girls, especially female genital mutilation, and to take all necessary precautions, such as enforcing relevant laws, raising public awareness, and allocating adequate resources to safeguard women and girls against this type of violence.
In a statement issued on Monday by the Founder of FAME Foundation Aderonke Bello said that the organization demanding a specific protection and support for girls and women who have experienced female genital mutilation as well as for those who are vulnerable, such as migrant and refugee women.
The term “female genital mutilation” (FGM) refers to all practices that result in the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia or other harm to the female genital organs for non-medical purposes.
FGM is regarded as a violation of girls’ and women’s human rights on a global scale. It represents a severe kind of discrimination against women and indicates entrenched gender inequality. It violates children’s rights because it almost always involves minors.
Additionally, when the surgery results in death, it violates a person’s right to life as well as their rights to physical integrity, safety, and health as well as their right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhumane, or humiliating treatment.
On this day, governments, member states, civil society organizations, development partners, activists, and other relevant stakeholders can raise awareness, renew commitments, and reiterate that female genital mutilation is an unacceptable harmful practice and a violation of women’s and girls’ fundamental human rights.
The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation takes place on February 6, 2023, annually.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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