A violation of the rights of girls and women, female genital mutilation is a cruel and unnecessary practice. UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund run the largest global program to eliminate ...

“I was thrown a big party before my cutting. I had my hair done and I was even given presents,” recalled Hoda Ali, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), who went on to cofound The Vavengers, ...

EMBU COUNTY, KENYA: The Embu County Government has kicked off quarterly awareness campaigns meant to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The county will start programmes in schools where ...

Chances are, you’ve never heard of “FGM,” also known as female genital mutilation. For Americans, FGM doesn’t hit particularly close to home. But that doesn’t mean the problem is solved. In fact, ...

Makkah Abdula Delta girls initiative chairlady and an FGM survivor talks to a group of women on how to end the vice. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] When Okon Abdi was four years old, she went through ...

More than a decade ago, when Masooma Ranalvi first spoke publicly about being subjected to khatna (the local term for female ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A growing trend for midwives and nurses to carry out female genital mutilation (FGM) is undermining global efforts to eradicate the internationally condemned ...

An upcoming vote will put The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation to the test. The results could have far-reaching consequences. A girl holds a sign protesting against female genital mutilation ...

The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been observed on 6 February each year since its establishment by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. The Day is ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new app designed to educate young people about female genital mutilation (FGM) was launched in Britain on Tuesday amid a government crackdown on people who take ...

A vote held by The Gambia’s National Assembly last month blocked recent efforts to repeal the Women’s (Amendment) Act of 2015, which criminalized female genital mutilation (FGM). This vote prevented ...