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This document present Arab women in the sustainable development agenda 2015-2030. In the Arab region, numerous consultation meetings have been conducted to voice the priorities of the individual countries and the region as a whole. With the adoption of the SDGs, continuous efforts are needed at the regional level to assess on the capacity of Arab countries and the challenges they face in monitoring the implementation of the SDGs. From a gender equality perspective, each of the goals is exclusive in the area of coverage, yet gender as a cross-cutting issue is mainstreamed throughout the goals

This document presents Resolution 70-109 on a world against violence and violent extremism, adopted by the General Assembly at the 70th session. In this resolution, the GA urges all Member States to confront all forms and manifestations of violent extremism and denominational violence, encourages leaders' efforts to discuss the causes of violence in their communities Violent extremism and discrimination and develop strategies to address these causes, and stresses the importance of States firmly condemning all forms of violence against women and refraining from invoking custom, tradition or To escape their obligation to eliminate these forms of violence in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.

This document presents the annual reporting of the UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme on Female genital mutilation / cutting-Accelerating Change in Somalia for the period 1 january-31 December 2016. This report contains the background on joint programme efforts in country, strategic approach to the acceleration of FGM/C elimination in country, progress from 1 January to 31 December 2016 bay work plan output, partnerships and knowledge exchange at national and decentralized levels, regional partnerships and exchange, publication and programme tools, insight and lesson learned from 2016 and challenges and solutions in 2016. The solution proposed in the report is to invest much more in 2017 on promoting community social norm change innovations and dialogues, and service provision targeting psychosocial support and cancelling

This document presents readings about Norms in the wild, Human Rights Principles to Shared Social Norms, Key Factors of Early Marriage in Bangladesh: A Program Analysis of Alliance, Vulnerability and Options, universal Declaration of Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, effective Legislative Reforms in Situations Calling for Social Change, Harmony and Divorce between Law, Morality and Culture, Legislation as a Tool for Behavioral and Social Change, Why is FGM such a strongly upheld ‘traditional practice’ and is it in fact ‘harmful’ or useful to women? , case of Sudan, the Relation between FGM, Social change and Women’s Empowerment and Elusiveness Of Change In Bangladesh.

This document presents the Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation. This global strategy against medicalization of FGM has been developed in collaboration with key stakeholders, including UN organizations and health-care professional bodies, national governments and NGOs. The strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers in governments, parliamentarians, international agencies, professional associations, community leaders, religious leaders, NGOs and other institutions. Part I sets out the issue; Part II relates the issue to global goals and concerns; Part III explains the reasons why medicalization happens, why it should not happen and challenges that needs to be overcome; and Part IV spells out the strategy, which is based on the principles governing international human rights. The adoption and implementation of this strategy is essential to secure the elimination of all forms of FGM.