"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 ...

At just 12 years old, Bridget Simon lay on the cold earth behind her father’s house in Ohaukwu, Ebonyi State, as three elderly women held her down at dawn. A razor blade flashed. Her screams were ...

In a renewed push to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Liberia, Medica Liberia, Community Healthcare Initiatives (CHI), ...

INCREASED community awareness on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has brought notable changes in the way incidents are reported ...

MORE than 8.2 per cent of Tanzanian women aged 15 to 49 have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), according to the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS), with prevalence reaching as ...

MORE than 8.2 per cent of Tanzanian women aged 15 to 49 have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), according to the 2022 ...

Understanding female genital mutilation’s contested origins is critical to dismantling its persistence across parts of Africa today.

Kwara State reinforces its commitment to end FGM, reviewing its 2026–2030 action plan with a multi-sectoral approach ...

Elimination must build on locally driven, grassroots achievements Global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) stand at a crossroads, with uneven progress, commitments increasingly ...

Josephine Naramat only evaded female genital mutilation by fleeing when her father informed her that she would undergo the practice then get married off.

Four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, HBL notes that Finland has not tested its wartime readiness since 1945.

Outrageous: Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amidst Law Enforcement Inaction in Minnesota** In a shocking display of cultural insensitivity, Minnesota has become a hub for an abhorrent practice ...