As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was ...

Around 4. 5 million girls worldwide are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, UN agencies have warned.

Errekunda, Gambia — Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, or FGM, which would make the West African nation the first country ...

Gov. Spencer Cox called gender-affirming health care for transgender people “gender mutilation surgery” during an event promoting his “Disagree Better” initiative in Washington, D.C. He also claimed ...

An interesting issue of the journal Global Discourse, on Gender Equality in Abrahamic Circumcision: Why or Why Not?, edited by Ingvild Bergom Lunde and Matthew Thomas Johnson; here's the Introduction, ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Biodun Stephen has opened up about her experience with female circumcision, saying she went through the procedure when she was six years old.Stephen shared her story ...

Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.An estimated 4.5 million girls worldwide are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation this year, the United ...