A/HRC/29/20 opened in Germany. In Switzerland, the University Hospital of Geneva operates specialized consultations led by female doctors on female genital mutilation. The programme offers various services, including a personalized prevention information review and deinfibulation for cases of type III female genital mutilation. 47. In addition to health services, several civil society organizations are engaged in providing protection services to girls at risk. In Kenya, the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative provides shelter for girls trying to escape female genital mutilation, including with a view to ensuring they remain in school and supporting their integration into their communities. 21 Burkina Faso has established a free child line for the public to report suspected cases and for survivors or other affected parties to receive counselling. In Ethiopia, child protection networks provide support to girls who have been mutilated and have established links between child protection officers, the police, schools, community groups and faith organizations to share information to identify proactively those girls at risk of the practice. J. Addressing female genital mutilation in minority communities 48. Specific issues may arise in addressing female genital mutilation when it is practised only by minority communities, such as refugee women and women migrants. Measures to address the practice in this context have focused on legislation, strengthening the capacity of the relevant professionals to effectively address the practice through training and guidelines, as well as awareness-raising among targeted communities. 49. In addition to information campaigns, a growing number of countries have developed action plans that contain practical guidance on targeted interventions, including on how front-line professionals can challenge the social norms that drive the practice, as well as how individuals and communities can themselves contribute to changing the social norms that underpin the practice. Finland’s action plan on the prevention of female genital mutilation for the period 2012–2014 requires local authorities to provide sufficient training on the practice for employees and to carry out self-monitoring. 50. Since 2000, Norway has implemented four successive action plans to prevent and combat female genital mutilation. The current action plan for the period 2013–2016 against forced marriage, female genital mutilation and severe restrictions on young people’s freedom contains 22 measures, including on the roles of schools and the foreign service missions, the need for safe housing and improved cooperation and expertise in the public sector. 51. Similarly, in Portugal, the Government has implemented two action plans involving actors from several sectors and with different expertise, so as to address the different perspectives on female genital mutilation, including health, reproductive and sexual rights, justice, immigration, gender equality, development cooperation and education. Members of the group come from public administration bodies, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations. The Government produced various materials on the practice for health-care professionals, patients and police officers, as well as a post-graduate course on female genital mutilation for health-care professionals who intend to work in high prevalence areas and who are expected to act as focal points in their community’s health centres and hospitals upon graduation. Under the action plan, Portugal has created a biannual award, entitled “Against female genital mutilation – change the future, now”, which offers immigrant associations support to develop awareness and prevention projects 21 Equality Now submission. 13