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The Five Foundation is an organisation working towards the elimination of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). [1] It was founded by Nimco Ali and Brendan Wynne. [2] [3] It was launched in September 2019 [4] in New York and currently has signed-up partners which include Plan International, Action Aid, The ONE Campaign, Save The Children (UK), UN Women (UK) and Women for Women International. [5]

In 2019, The Five Foundation advocated to have FGM included in the UK Children's Act. [6] [7] The Foundation has also been active in raising awareness of a case of a Kenyan doctor's attempts to legalise FGM, [8] persuading Sudan to ban FGM in May 2020, [9] [10] [ failed verification ] working on a fatwa banning child marriage in June 2019, [11] communicating how the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the risk of FGM, [12] and being a central player in getting the US Stop FGM Act passed in January 2021. [13]

The Five Foundation also advocates for increased funding for grassroots African women's organisations [14] and on the need to end the medicalisation of FGM. [15]

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