Every year, an estimated 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
IAC NEWS:
Stories from IAC Tanzania (DIAC), August 2008
Sierra Leone: Study on profile and number of excisers in the country
Report of FGM briefing at Palais des Nations, Geneva, 20 May 2008
World Health Assembly passes groundbreaking resolution against FGM
IAC's Annual Report 2007 now available online. Click here to read!
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The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) is an international non-profit non-governmental organisation. Founded in 1984 in Dakar, Senegal, IAC was the first and largest NGO network in Africa to take up the issue of FGM at the grassroots, regional and international levels.
OUR MISSION:
The mission of IAC is the promotion of gender equality and justice by eliminating harmful traditional practices, to enable African women to participate fully in the social, cultural and political development of their continent.
The guiding principles of IAC are using education and information to bring about positive and desired changes in attitudes and building the capacity of affected communities to reject harmful traditional practices.
IAC is a membership of a network of 28 African countries and 15 Affiliates/Group Sections in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan and New Zealand.
Countries in purple have IAC members in Africa:
IAC enjoys Consultative Status with the African Union (AU), the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and an Official Status with the WHO. It collaborates with several Non-governmental Organizations and some UN Agencies among which are Agence Intergouvernmentale de la Francophonie, UNFPA and UNICEF.
IAC headquarters is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while an International Liaison Office is maintained in Geneva, Switzerland for lobbying and fund-raising.
