As the largest global programme addressing FGM/C, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change plays a critcal role in achieving Target 5.3 which calls for elimination of all harmful practices by 2030 under the Sustainable Development Goal 5. This report highlights three important targets and other significant achievements in the phase II of the Joint Programme that completed the third year in 2016.