<p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a widespread practice throughout the world and particularly on the African continent. In Mali, many NGOs are involved in the fight against this phenomenon. They approach the subject from the point of view of the defense of women's rights. Very few of them are interested in the involvement of traditional communicators in the fight against this phenomenon. Yet, traditional communicators are among the major actors in the struggle as vectors of change. The present study seeks to fill this gap. The study was based primarily on secondary data from survey reports and reports from monitoring and evaluation missions of a program against FGM financed by UNFPA on behalf of Mali's Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family and aimed at informing and sensitizing communities to abandon the practice of FGC. The data was then updated based on the results of the Demographic and Health Survey of Mali (EDSM VI). The analysis of the data allowed us to understand that the adoption by the international community of a series of conventions and other declarations has not been sufficient to significantly reduce the practice of FGC in Mali. Without calling into question the strategies already used, the study considers that certain social norms, and not the least, have not been sufficiently exploited, namely traditional communicators.</p>
