Blog: Stella Mukasa

  • Posted by Stella Mukasa on Friday, December 28, 2012
    Efforts to end FGM should consider the power of community-based interventions

    A new UN resolution to ban female genital mutilation presents an opportunity for governments, organizations and others to create effective approaches to curb the practice. One successful program in Ethiopia provides a strong example of how to do just that. 

  • Posted by Stella Mukasa on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
    Research evidence is key to effective responses to and prevention of violence against women

    When my colleague asked me if I had any questions for the woman before me in a hospital bed, her skin taut and raw from the burns, I could barely speak. The sight of her and the injuries she had sustained at the hands of her husband silenced me.