LIKE most women, Laura Liddle had experienced thrush before. And although the doctors were adamant she was experiencing another bout, she knew her symptoms were too severe. The 31-year-old says: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women protesting during the International Day against female genital mutilation. [(Photo by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)] With global rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) still ...

Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has called for an end to female genital mutilation, describing the practice as barbaric and a gross violation of the rights and dignity of girls ...

In 2026 alone, an estimated 4.5 million girls – many under the age of five – are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). Currently, more than 230 million girls and women are living with ...

The UN Population Fund estimates that no fewer than 4.5 million girls are at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation in 2026 According to it, an estimated 230 million girls and women ...

Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice. An estimated 4.5 million girls worldwide are at ...

A woman who desperately wanted “designer vagina” surgery at the age of 14 wants to ban the practice after she was left in “excruciating pain”. Campaigners are calling for labiaplasty – which alters ...

The State dropped the charges against two parents, who were due to be re-tried for the female genital mutilation of their daughter, after a new report "broadly" agreed with the conclusions of an ...

I am a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM). I know that the consequences do not end with the act itself. They live on in the body, in reproductive health challenges, in trauma responses, and ...

An estimated 230 million women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), which involves injury to the external genital organs for nonmedical reasons. According to the World Health ...