Minnesota has zero convictions for female genital mutilation despite hundreds of thousands at risk nationwide and the state's ...
"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 ...
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 ...
The procedure, which involves total or partial removal of girls' external genitalia, ignites strong passions in the tiny west ...
It is very likely that if the this law is repealed, other existing laws protecting women and girls’ rights will be threatened.
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.
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 ...
A Minnesota-based survivor says female genital mutilation remains a hidden issue carried in shame and silence, making detection and prosecution difficult.
Some 4.5 million girls worldwide — many under the age of five — risk undergoing female genital mutilation this year, United Nations leaders warned Friday, urging more action to halt the harmful ...
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 ...
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