FGM Too Much Pain: The Voices of Refugee Women - 6/6

"Working With Communities Here and There", is the last part of a series of six short videos on female genital mutilation (FGM) and asylum: "Too Much Pain -- The Voices of Refugee Women" produced by the UN Refugee Agency (http://www.UNHCR.org). Here, refugee women explain the importance of awareness raising on FGM through different channels and approaches, including fashion shows and art work, and the need to involve diaspora communities. Women should be empowered to abandon the practice of FGM and men must be involved in the process. This part shows how preventing FGM requires working with practising communities at grassroots level in the countries of origin and countries of asylum. Ending FGM involves changing social norms of practising communities here and there. The 6-part video series "Too Much Pain -- The Voices of Refugee Women" tells the stories of refugee women who have undergone FGM and are engaged to end this practice. These women explain their experiences of flight, asylum and integration in the EU. The short films can be used as a training tool on FGM in the asylum system, and to raise awareness on FGM and asylum in wider audiences. They complements the UNHCR publication "Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation & Asylum in the European Union - A Statistical Overview" (http://www.unhcr.org/531880249.pdf), updated in March 2014. For more information see http://www.refworld.org/docid/512c72e... Copyright UNHCR 2014 CREDITS Project Manager: Fadela Novak-Irons Producer & Director: Ragnhild Ek Camera: Ana Ocejo (Brussels), Basil Al-Rawi (Dublin), Sami Sallinen (Helsinki) Editors: Ana Ocejo, Tarik Argaz, Geert Veuskens, Sami Sallinen Assistants: Laurence Decroix and Chiara De Capitani EXTRACT with thanks from music video clip Tiken Jah Fakoly "Non A L'Excision" (Barclay/Universal) (http://www.universalmusic.fr/tiken-ja...) Tiken Jah Fakoly plays music "to wake up the consciences". He comes from a family of excisers, yet is the performer of the song "No to Excision" with Geoffrey Oryema and Toumani Diabaté, two other big names in African music. MUSIC Refugee Voices "Building Bridges" CD (UNHCR 2001) Saintrick & Blanche Songo "Iyo Mama" (Track 6) Refugee Voices group: "Freedom Soldier" (Track 14) ARCHIVE FOOTAGE with thanks from Respect for Change (http://www.respectforchange.org/), an organization that aims to stimulate, through media campaigns, a collective and positive process of changing beliefs and traditional practices with a view to ending female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage. Video clip: Tiken Jah Fakoly "Non A L'Excision" (Barclay/Universal) (http://www.universalmusic.fr/tiken-ja...) Official photos from the STOP FGM Campaign 2011, by Tomasz Anaszewski and Grzegorz Swiatkowski (studio4photo) with make-up by Renata Zaborek (Montownia) SPECIAL THANKS Ifrah Ahmed (Anti-FGM activist, Ireland) United Youth Ireland in Dublin (  / unitedyouthofireland  ) Halimatou Barry (Coordinator for Wallonia Region, GAMS, Belgium) GAMS (http://www.gams.be), Brussels, Belgium Saido Mohamed (FGM expert, Finnish League for Human Rights, Finland) Aina Litoolw, Liz Ndegwa, Nancy Hursti, Sarah Ameyaw, Wanjiku wa Ngugi - African women having a discussion at the Familia Club ry (http://www.familiaclub.fi), Helsinki, Finland ------- Information for media: If you would like to use this video to communicate refugee stories or require B-Roll, transcripts, stills or much more information, please contact UNHCR at [email protected] or [email protected]. ------- UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, works to protect and assist those fleeing war and persecution. Since 1950, UNHCR has helped tens of millions of people find safety and rebuild their lives. With your support, UNHCR can restore hope for many more. Copyright UNHCR 2014