December 2nd, 2016 - the first US End FGM Summit organized by Equality Now and Safe Hands for Girls brought together experts on FGM to discuss challenges that need to be addressed to keep girls at risk of FGM safe in the US.  Summit was held at the Unites States Institute of Peace www.usip.org/events/webcast-end-female-genital-mutilation
SWF International contributed to brainstoriming solutions for the Education, Immigration, Health and Activists expert groups working on FGM practices in the US. 
SWF International continues to educate women, families and communities in the Los Angeles area through culturally sensitive presentations.  Dr. Smart works to prevent and protect women and girls at risk of FGM

People from SIERRA LEONE, ROMANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INDIA, NIGERIA, JAPAN, IRAN, TURKEY, CAMBODIA, GUATEMALA, GREECE, ISRAEL, LIBERIA, CAMEROON, BRAZIL, CUBA, the NETHERLANDS, PAKISTAN, PHILLIPINES, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, TAIWAN, FRANCE, ALGERIA, UNITED KINGDOM, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, UNITED KINGDOM, KENYA AND THE DRC have supported the work of SWF International in Sierra Leone since 2004! 

SWF is proud to be a founding member of FGM Taskforce of greater Los Angeles Area working closely with Institute of Tolerance in Carson and African Coalition as well as government agencies to help educate, prevent, protect and empower in a compassionate way all communities where girls and women are at risk of FGM.


Thank You for listening to the voices of those who are at risk of FGM!  Thank You for helping us break the silence on FGM! Thank You for your  donations and inspiration!  We need You to continue to contribute so that thousands of girls, boys and women can live a dignified life without having their basic human rights violated. 
                                     Together - SWF International and You - we transform lives!