Female genital mutilation is a harmful practice violating female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is estimated that in Finland, there are approximately 10,000 girls and women who have ...

The British Medical Journal has published an article defending female genital mutilation (FGM). Researchers from 25 different global institutions claim the widespread condemnation of the practice is ...

Minnesota has zero convictions for female genital mutilation despite hundreds of thousands at risk nationwide and the state's ...

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 ...

"No girl or woman deserves to be cut; it simply destroys our spirit." These words come from Uzodimma Lucy Ogodo, now 26, the Executive Director of Tomorrow Is a Girl Initiative, a Non-governmental ...

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 ...

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 ...

“While its extremely likely female genital mutilation would have received disciplinary action before the passage of SB 5453, the Washington Medical Commission was still supportive of the law as ...

A medical doctor yesterday put a spirited fight to convince High Court judges that they should lift laws banning female circumcision. Tatu Kamau told Justices Lydiah Achode, Margaret Muigai and Kanyi ...