Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It’s practised in at least 25 African countries, as well as parts ...

Campaigners are fighting for labiaplasty to be criminalised in the UK, claiming it is a form of female genital mutilation ...

Interviews and focus groups show that VSLAs are perceived as a real opportunity for economic empowerment for female genital mutilators and other women in the villages. Many explain that access to ...

“I was thrown a big party before my cutting. I had my hair done and I was even given presents,” recalled Hoda Ali, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), who went on to cofound The Vavengers, ...

For Ronke Adekanmbi, a native of Ekiti State and a mother, the cyst from the female genital mutilation (FGM) makes her feel ...

She wasn’t sick. She wasn’t in danger. She was born a girl, and that was enough. In parts of the world today, being a girl still comes with one of the most brutal rites imaginable: Female genital ...

Baringo Woman Representative Gladwell Cheruiyot. She has accused men of failing to speak up despite knowing the importance of the mutilated organ. [File, Standard] Last week, 22 women from Kericho ...

The Government of The Gambia, development partners, civil society organisation's and international allies have renewed their collective commitment to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as the ...

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