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), ...

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In many communities, girls continue to undergo FGM, not because they believe in the practice, but because refusing can mean exclusion from marriage, security, and social belonging. When being ...

Proposed new law increases likelihood of both female genital mutilation and suicides among trans youth, experts warn ...

Many acts that were previously not explicitly criminalised or widely understood as crimes under older Nigerian laws are now offences under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, 2015.

The left and its separatist partners reject banning the burka in Spain ...

More African courts are joining the fight against female genital mutilation, playing a bigger role in efforts to challenge a practice.

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, together with African First Ladies, marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital ...

‎The Yobe State Police Command has launched a manhunt for an 18-year-old woman, Khadija Jamilu, for allegedly attacking her husband during a domestic dispute in Potiskum Local Government Area of the ...

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 ...