Table 1.

Key definitions

Female genital mutilation	All procedures that involve partial or total removal of the female external genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons (WHO, 2016)
Community	A community of identity has a common bond based on ‘geography, identity or interest’10
Community development	Community development enables people to work collectively to bring about positive social change. This long-term process starts from people’s own experience and enables communities to work together to: identify their own needs and actions; take collective action using their strengths and resources; develop their confidence, skills and knowledge; challenge unequal power relationships; promote social justice, equality and inclusion; to improve the quality of their own lives, the communities in which they live and societies of which they are a part.10
Participation	Policy-making and practice development around violence against women is shaped by the experiences, needs and views of those affected by FGM6
Potentially affected community	A diaspora community from one of 29 countries identified by Unicef, in which FGM practices are concentrated, that is, Somalia 98%, Guinea 96%, Djibouti 93%, Egypt 91%, Eritrea 89%, Mali 89%, Sierra Leone 88%, Sudan 88%, Gambia 76%, Burkina Faso 76%, Ethiopia 74%, Mauritania 69%, Liberia 66%, Guinea-Bissau 50%, Chad 44%, Cote d’Ivoire 38%, Kenya 27%, Nigeria 27%, Senegal 26%, CAR 24%, Yemen 23%, Tanzania 15%, Benin 13%, Iraq 8%, Ghana 4%, Togo 4%, Niger 2%, Cameroon 1%, Uganda 1%5 41
Prevention	Interventions intended to create and/or sustain behavioural and attitudinal change within affected communities6
Protection	Interventions intended to protect the individual rights of women and girls who are at risk of or have experienced FGM6
Service provision	Service responses to survivors of FGM6

FGM, female genital mutilation.