Salma and Mawada organizations in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and the Council for Child Welfare in Sudan’s Blue Nile state have launched a campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation in the state.
According to reports by the organizations, female genital mutilation is mostly practiced in Bau, Wad al-Mahi, and Tadamoum localities.
Ne’mat Adam Khalil, the head of the Supreme Council for Maternal and Child Welfare, called for plans to raise public awareness to abandon female circumcision.
She noted that female circumcision is mostly practiced in Blue Nile state due lack of awareness.
Female circumcision is a common practice in Sudan for reasons often linked to social and religious conventions.