
The Five Foundation
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Supporting African grassroots coalitions to #EndFGM. Kenya/Tanzania/The Gambia
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Delighted to join the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) HRP's updated guidelines on #FGM by Christina Pallitto and her team: who.int/publications/i… #EndFGM

🚨 Medicalizing #FGM doesn’t make it safe. It’s still a human rights violation, even if done by a health worker. No medical tools can sanitize harm. #EndFGM #StopMedicalization UNFPA UNICEF UNFPA The Gambia UNICEF Africa African Union World Health Organization (WHO) United Nations UN Women

Fantastic for our partner Samburu Girls FDN to welcome Gunnar Andreas Holm 🇳🇴 Norway in Kenya to learn more more about the work we fund together through UNFPA-UNICEF JP to End Female Genital Mutilation. Grassroots activism is central to #EndFGM! Thank you for your visit! #HERAfrica


Nothing excites our team like field days esp in the very rural parts where we strive to reach and collaborate with the underserved groups of people. This is one area where we are well versed in considering years of similar engagements. Frontline Women’s Fund The Five Foundation


As we make plans for the third annual #FGM Philanthropy Summit to be hosted in London this year, we reflect on what exactly is needed to scale up new investment to #EndFGM at the grassroots level: philanthropy.com/article/philan… UNFPA-UNICEF JP to End Female Genital Mutilation Nimco Ali (OBE) 🪬 Population Council Katrín Jakobsdóttir

#EndFGM means changing how we fund local women to use tried and tested approaches, highlighting our UNFPA-UNICEF JP to End Female Genital Mutilation Norad partnership, which funds The Malkia Initiative Msichana Empowerment Kuria Girlkind Kenya Samburu Girls FDN mission with a vision indepthnews.net/ending-fgm-mea… Baroness Helena Kennedy KC #FGM

We’re honoured to have Nimco Ali (OBE) 🪬 joining us at #NalafemSummit2025 — one of Africa’s fastest-growing platforms for women in politics, activism & governance. 🗓 July 1–2 | Freetown, Sierra Leone 🎯 Women Leading in Crisis & Peace 🔗 Register: bit.ly/NalafemSummit2…



I am so incredibly proud of the work we are doing The Five Foundation and at how our partners are delivering real change. Investing in women led organisations is the only way to achieve real change. #endfgm 🖤


This insightful piece Nasra Ismail highlights something The Five Foundation is working on now - as part of 'Resource Bank' for grassroots activists. It includes not only proven evidence of what works, but also storytelling/narrative as evidence: linkedin.com/pulse/fundable… #HERAfricaAlliance

We're honoured to have Ellen Johnson Sirleaf joining us at #NalafemSummit2025 — one of Africa's fastest-growing platforms for women in politics, activism & governance. 📆July 1-2 | Freetown, Sierra Leone 🎯Women Leading in Crisis & Peace 🔗bit.ly/NalafemSummit2…




We are delighted to welcome Africa’s first elected female president, Her Excellency Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Freetown. Tomorrow, as Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the 4th Nalafem Summit, we look forward to a powerful conversation. Tomorrow’s sessions will feature a video




Incredible Former Liberian President #EllenJohnsonSirleaf spoke with our CEO Nimco Ali (OBE) 🪬 and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Freetown Mayor, at Nalafem Summit today! #HERAfrica


Meet your heroes and tell them how deeply they’ve shaped your dreams. Thank you, Madame President, for your warmth, grace, and generosity tonight. Your legacy lights the path for so many of us building a new, bold, and free Africa. Love and light to you always, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 🖤

