Together for Better Life

Project Details

The grant would contribute towards the cost of sessional workers (£2,600); volunteer expenses (£200); room hire (£600); facilitators (£500); transport (£350); catering (£560); admin and consumables (£490) to continue their successful Female Gentle Mutilation (FGM) Project which received WFS funding in 2016. They would run five sessions of a two-day course on FGM for Sudanese women in Edinburgh. Each session will be for three hours. The first day will cover the physical and mental health impact of FGM; the Child Protection Act and law; and human rights related to FGM in Scotland. The second day will cover FGM and gender identity, religious beliefs and social and sexual consequences of FGM as well as signposting other related services. Around 10 women would participate on each course.

Grant Application Number

ACC767951

Year Of Grant

15/6/2018

Programme And Round

180620 (20th Jun 2018)

Amount Awarded

5000

Number Of Beneficiaries

30

City

Glasgow

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