Early Marriage and Female Genital Cutting: Ethiopian Orthodox Church Faith Leader Toolkit

Published by Religions for Peace, this toolkit is designed to educate faith leaders and make it easier for them to talk about early marriage and female genital cutting. The toolkit is also designed to help leaders to answer the tough questions they may receive from their congregation and includes medical facts and theological references that help faith leaders to speak out against these practices. According to the publishers, each piece of the toolkit has been designed for a fairly specific audience since different audiences require different approaches. The sections contain discussion questions, religious references, and activities appropriate for that audience. The modules can be taught as an entire unified lesson or excerpted, and lessons can be modified.

The toolkit includes of the following contents:

• Get started
• Begin the conversation
• Engage women
• Engage youth
• Activity kit