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.

It is very likely that if the this law is repealed, other existing laws protecting women and girls’ rights will be threatened ...

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

With Sudan’s crisis deepening, the issue of FGM cannot be separated from broader concerns about health, rights, and rebuilding fractured communities. Grassroots efforts persist despite the war, and ...

Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the ...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have warned that female ...

We hope that there will be renewed efforts to make sure that this harmful practice sees the eventual end of its lifeline ...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a violation of human rights that inflicts severe, lifelong physical and mental health risks on survivors. According to the World Health Organization, physical ...

Campaigners fear children could be taken abroad for FGM if a legal challenge to overturn the decade-old ban succeeds.

Christine Nayor, a 24-year-old from Alapat Village in Lemusui Sub-County, Amudat District, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), has turned the scars of her painful past into a ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM), long condemned as a violation of human rights, has now been definitively linked to a wide range of serious and lasting health complications. A comprehensive study ...

Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are ...