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What was achieved at the Girl Summit 2014 - who signed the charter, the commitments that were made, photos from the day and video footage. 

On 22 July 2014, the UK government and UNICEF hosted the first Girl Summit, aimed at mobilising domestic and international efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) within a generation.

Watch the highlights from the summit: Click Here for Video

• Photo gallery of the summit

• Full playlist of videos of the day including plenary and spotlight sessions

• Spotlight sessions: see the outlines and the summaries of the 14 sessions.

The agenda for change

The summit resulted in commitments to take action to end FGM and CEFM from organisations, governments, businesses, communities and individuals across the world.

See the full list of commitments

The Girl Summit Charter on ending female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage (PDF, 567KB, 1 page) was signed by hundreds of signatories (MS Word Document, 1.1MB) who stated that:

No one should be forced into marriage, or made to marry while still a child.

No girl or woman should have to endure the physical and psychological effects of female genital mutilation.

These practices violate the fundamental rights of all girls and women to live free from violence and discrimination.

Such violations not only harm individual girls; by undermining girls’ ability to make their own choices and reach their full potential, they also diminish the strength of families, communities and society.

So today, we commit to work together to end child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, for girls and women, everywhere, forever.

You can join this global movement for change. To add your name - or the name of your organisation - to the charter please emailgirlsummit2014@dfid.gov.uk

Or to make a commitment towards ending FGM and CEFM simply fill out themaking a commitment (MS Word Document, 37.6KB) form and email togirlsummit2014@dfid.gov.uk

Our monitoring framework (PDF, 180KB, 1 page) explains how we’re tracking and reporting on Girl Summit commitments.

Read the full charter:

• Girl Summit Charter on ending female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage (PDF, 567KB, 1 page)
• Girl Summit Charter - French translation (PDF, 168KB, 1 page)
• Girl Summit Charter - Arabic translation (PDF, 140KB, 1 page)

Keep up-to-date

• sign up to receive our end FGM/C e-bulletin for the latest news, events and stories on how UK aid is supporting a global movement to end the practice
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