Strategy 2019 - 2023

The African Union Saleema Initiative on Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation is implementing its first strategic plan, covering the period of 2019 to 2023. The strategy aims to deliver the following results;

> Marked positive change in social norms and cultural dynamics contributing to pervasive human rights violations and gender based violence
> Strengthened stakeholders’ capacities and policies, resulting in programmes operating at scale, and contributing to accelerating elimination of female genital mutilation

> Africa is generating evidence, data and information on, and increasing efficiency of programming, policy formulation and service delivery
> Institutionalised and functional AU accountability framework, with Member States, Rights Holders and Duty Bearers at the centre, for the Saleema Initiative.

Implementation of the strategy is a collective effort, led by the African Union Commission, individual Member States interventions, international partners, civil society organisations, womens organisations and young people.