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 ...

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.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to the practice of purposefully cutting, injuring, or altering female genitalia. It involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. There ...

Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She told the UN sexual and reproductive ...

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

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Genital Mutilation. In 2012, the United Nations ...

With global rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) still alarmingly high, EU leaders are renewing calls to end the practice ...

Real Housewives of Dubai star Chanel Ayan is opening up about a traumatic experience from her past. “The crying, the sadness, the beatings. That’s what I remember. A lot of pain,” she said. “We were ...

The Parliament of Gambia voted Monday to maintain a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by rejecting a controversial bill which sought to reverse the prohibition and legalize the practice of ...

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

BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the ...

Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 was this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In commemoration of the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization ...