 The Executive Director of Initiative for Girls' Rights and Health Development, Ayo Bello Awodoyi, says there was need for intensified advocacy against social and cultural practices affecting rights and health of girls and women in general. At a press conference on sensitization on ending female genital mutilation, which was held in Ileife as part of events to commemorate the 2024 International Women's Day, she said the pains in permanent injuries suffered by victims of FGM in some cases can be prevented if necessary. Advocates and actions are carried out through media campaigns, community engagements and massive mobilization of stakeholders. Religious community and traditional leaders, including law enforcement secured agencies, has been urged to join hands in eradicating all forms of social and cultural practices harmful to rights and health of girls and women in general. As we commemorate International Women's Day 2024, the thing for this year is to inspire inclusion and what we are doing as an organization is to declare and amplify to everyone that girls are born perfect and that the end FGM caravan is something that will be happening in 15 countries and this press conference is to make it known on International Women's Day 2024 that we're going to work together to end female genital mutilation because our girls are born perfect and there's no need to tamper with the clitoris for any reason. So I want to wish everyone happy International Women's Day, let's keep working together to end forms of sexual and gender-based violence, forms of harmful practices and ensure that we have a safe and better world for women and girls across the nations of the world and hopefully we'll be able to end female genital mutilation by 2030, we'll answer on deck all people of influence and you know people of capacity and even the locals, everybody we need to work together to make sure that we make our country a senac line.