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 ...

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

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

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 ...

In a state that prides itself on progressive values, a silent crisis continues to unfold—one that threatens the very rights and dignity of young girls within its borders. Despite a law designating ...

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

Police have been accused of turning a blind eye to the spread of sharia courts in Britain. Newly released Government figures show that less than 3 per cent of so-called “honour crimes” were ...

Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida grills accreditor on how it let a practice with so little evidence, and irreversible consequences, become so entrenched in med schools, ...

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

It is very likely that if the this law is repealed, other existing laws protecting women and girls’ rights will be threatened.