Wassu Kafo promoting the end of FGM/C through health, research and education.
Wassu-UAB Foundation is an academic organisation of international scope, working for the management and prevention of Female Ge***al Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) through anthropological and medical research, applied to knowledge transfer. Born from the will to contribute to build up a world more equal of rights, Wassu-UAB Foundation proposes a pioneer, innovative and sustainable methodology. As a fu
ndamental contribution, Wassu-UAB Foundation hosts the Transnational Observatory of Applied Research to New Strategies for the Prevention of Female Ge***al Mutilation/Cutting, with two research and training centres, in Spain and in The Gambia:
In Spain, the Interdisciplinary Group for the Prevention and Study of Harmful Traditional Practices at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). In The Gambia, Wassu Gambia Kafo, a local nongovernmental organisation (NGO) that promotes development and cooperation between the Republic of The Gambia and Spain in the fields of health, research and education.