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SUMMARY:International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
DESCRIPTION:International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilatio
 n is a UN-sponsored awareness day that takes place February 6 each year.\n
 \nIt is an effort to make the world aware of female genital mutilation (al
 so called FGM) and to promote its eradication.[1]\n\nFirst\, on February 6
 \, 2003\, Stella Obasanjo\, the First Lady of Nigeria and spokesperson for
  the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation\, made the official declar
 ation on "Zero Tolerance to FGM" in Africa during a conference organized b
 y the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Healt
 h of Women and Children (IAC).[2] Then the UN Sub-Commission on Human Righ
 ts adopted this day as an international awareness day.[3]\n\nIn 2014\, 17-
 year-old Brighton student Fahma Mohamed created an online petition with Ch
 ange.org on the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Muti
 lation\, asking Michael Gove\, then the education secretary in the United 
 Kingdom\, to write to the leaders of all primary and secondary schools in 
 the United Kingdom\, encouraging them to be alert to the dangers of FGM. [
 4] [5] The petition attained more than 230\,000 supporters and was one of 
 the fastest growing UK petitions on Change.org. [6] Michael Gove met with 
 Fahma Mohamed and members of the youth group Integrate Bristol\, who have 
 also played a key role in raising awareness of FGM. [7] He also sent a let
 ter to all headteachers in England informing them of new guidelines on chi
 ldren's safety\, including guidance on FGM. These new guidelines marked th
 e first time the safeguarding guidelines included specific mention of FGM 
 and encouraged teachers to be vigilant against it. [8]\n\n[button link="/t
 ag/international-day-of-zero-tolerance-to-female-genital-mutilation/" type
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