Fatou Sanyang still experiences extreme pain she says feels like "hot water is being poured on me" decades after undergoing ...

It happened to three sisters under 18 in Egypt. And 7-year-olds in Michigan. For "Real Housewives of Dubai" star Chanel Ayan, it happened in Kenya. "I was tricked when I was 5 years old," Ayan tells ...

Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...

February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a practice affecting over 230 million girls and women ...

Tatu Kamau in the witness dock at a Milimani court during a case she has filed touching on FGM. [George Njunge, Standard] The High Court yesterday ordered Attorney General Kihara Kariuki to take to ...

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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 ...

Readers who have turned the pages of history are well aware of the fact that in the struggle for independence, Christian political leader Quaid-e-A ...

World map showing % of girls/women aged 15-49 years who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Grey areas indicate minimal levels of FGM, although it is practiced in parts of the Middle East ...