Improving the documentation of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) abandonment interventions and their evaluations

Funded by Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is internationally recognised as a violation of human rights. Consequently, there have been extensive efforts to promote the abandonment of the practice. There is limited evidence on the impact of many of the efforts in part because many interventions are implemented by small organisations with inadequate resources to document and evaluate their activities. The complex nature of FGM/C interventions, as with other interventions aimed at addressing violence against women and girls, also makes it difficult to adequately document what is done, how, when, and with what results. Nonetheless, it is important that implementing organisations make every effort to document and evaluate their interventions, and share the outcomes and lessons learnt to ensure accountability and for others to learn from, adapt, replicate, and scale up successful interventions.