ADDIS ABABA, DECEMBER 16, 2016(CISA) – Ethiopian Catholic Church Social and Development Commission (ECC SDCO) in collaboration with Women and Family Affairs has requested the Ethiopian Catholic Schools to integrate the issue of fighting FGM to their system. “Teachers and education workers have direct contact with student everyday and they meet parents a minimum of three times a year. They know the challenges in the everyday life of student thus if they are committed they can influence change in attitude towards traditional stereotypes,” he said. He urged Catholic Schools to consider integrating the issue of reproductive health into their systems as schools are closer to the society through students and parents. The participants were asked to be well familiar with the 2013’s Catholic Bishops’ of Ethiopia declaration issue, where the church stood against the act of FGM strictly forbidding all members of the Church from practicing it affirming that it has no religious base.