As part of the project "Community Development Mutual," the Ministry of Women and Family launched the Exchange Forum on community involvement in development projects that promote resilience and empowerment of women through the declarations of commitment to end FGM and adherence to family planning.

The Forum was attended by the Minister of Women, Ms. Moumina Houmed Hassan, UNFPA Office Officer Ms. Aicha Ibrahim, parliamentarians and representatives of civil society and local authorities from the regions.

  The Forum aimed to promote the exchange of experiences among community mutuals in the regions on their efforts to maintain a community dialogue for behavior change in favor of the use of family planning services but also the commitment to the abandonment of MG through ongoing education sessions on reproductive health and FGM and the establishment of a mechanism to monitor community activities.

The community forum has enabled UNFPA to reach the public declaration of abandonment of two communities in the regions of Arta and the declaration of adherence to family planning for men and women from 10 localities in the regions of inside.

The initiative of the Community's integrated approach has its share of active potential community and institutional commitment to mobilize the EU with additional financial resources for the next three years to come.