A girl's future should never be decided by FGM or forced marriage.
Protecting girls. Strengthening communities. Changing futures.
FGM Zero brings together prevention, community engagement, emergency protection, and continued support for girls.
Every girl deserves to grow up safe, protected, and free to choose her future.
Female genital mutilation is a violation of girls' rights and a practice with lifelong consequences. It remains a serious concern in communities across several regions of the world.
Girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation.
Many girls are subjected to FGM during childhood, often before they reach the age of 15.
Countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia where FGM is practiced.
Protection must happen before a girl is harmed.
FGM Zero is built around early intervention. We work to make girls' rights known, keep watch when risks increase, engage communities, and respond when a girl faces immediate danger.
Legal Protection Letters
Girls receive letters before school holidays explaining that FGM is illegal under Kenyan law and that Global Roots is aware of their protection needs.
School Holiday Check-Ins
Teachers and mentors check on girls during school breaks, when some are at increased risk of being subjected to FGM or forced marriage.
Community Outreach
Community engagement helps raise awareness of girls' rights, the law, and the importance of protecting girls from harmful practices.
Emergency Rescue
When a girl faces immediate danger, FGM Zero works to get her to safety through rapid-response intervention and safe housing.
School and Ongoing Support
Protection does not end when immediate danger passes. Continued support helps girls remain in school and move toward a more secure future.
A clear message: every girl has the right to be protected.
Before heading home for school holidays, girls receive legal protection letters to take with them. The letters make the law and the commitment to their safety clear to families and communities.
- FGM is illegal under Kenyan law.
- The girl is known to Global Roots and is included in its protection efforts.
- Families and those who may carry out the practice are made aware that the law prohibits FGM.
For some girls, the most dangerous time begins when school ends.
School holidays can create periods when girls are less visible to teachers and other trusted adults. In some communities, this is when plans for FGM and early marriage may be made.
FGM Zero works to close that gap. Teachers and mentors check on girls during school breaks, helping identify concerns and respond when a girl may be at risk.
When a girl is in immediate danger, getting her to safety comes first.
Protection that reaches girls before and when they need it most.
FGM Zero combines prevention, community engagement, emergency response, and continued support to help girls stay safe.
Girls Reached
Girls reached through prevention and awareness efforts.
Girls Rescued
Girls rescued from immediate danger.
Layers of Protection
Legal letters, holiday monitoring, community outreach, rescue, and school support.
Protecting a girl is only the beginning. Her future matters, too.
Stopping FGM and forced marriage is essential. But girls also need the opportunity to continue their education, recover in safety, and build lives shaped by their own hopes and choices.
After rescue or intervention, Global Roots provides continued support to help girls remain in school and move forward. Protection must open the door to opportunity—not simply remove a girl from danger.
Help protect a girl today. Help keep her future within reach.
Your support helps Global Roots prevent harm, respond when girls are in danger, provide safe housing, and support girls to continue their education.
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