U.N. Population Fund: A Race for Rights - How Sport Helps to Protect Girls in Uganda From Gender-based Violence and Female Genital Mutilation
April 23, 2026
April 23, 2026
NEW YORK, April 23 -- The United Nations Population Fund issued the following news:
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A race for rights: How sport helps to protect girls in Uganda from gender-based violence and female genital mutilation
"As a female coach, the girls trust me," said Zuena Cheptoek, an athletics coach in the town of Kapchorwa, in eastern Uganda. "They tell me things they can't tell anyone else - about pressure to undergo female genital mutilation, ab . . .
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A race for rights: How sport helps to protect girls in Uganda from gender-based violence and female genital mutilation
"As a female coach, the girls trust me," said Zuena Cheptoek, an athletics coach in the town of Kapchorwa, in eastern Uganda. "They tell me things they can't tell anyone else - about pressure to undergo female genital mutilation, ab . . .