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It is very likely that if the this law is repealed, other existing laws protecting women and girls’ rights will be threatened ...

A South African High Court has convicted a former nursery teacher of raping and murdering her partner's four-year-old daughter in a case that has horrified the nation and reignited urgent debate about ...

READING, Pa. - One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night in Berks County. The crash happened on the 1200 block of Schuylkill Avenue around 5:30 p.m.. Police responded to the ...

Readers who have turned the pages of history are well aware of the fact that in the struggle for independence, Christian political leader Quaid-e-A ...

On a remote island in North Macedonia, male Hermann’s tortoises outnumber females 19 to 1, an imbalance driving the population to extinction.

The Rivers State government has renewed its commitment to end Female Genital Mutilation, expressing sadness that the harmful practice still happens in some communities.The Permanent Secretary, ...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that infringes on the fundamental rights of girls and women. The ...

The Wife of the Governor of Abia State, Mrs. Priscilla Otti, has provided cash support to five survivors of Female Genital ...

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 ...

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

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.