Thursday marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Many people may be surprised to know that this is even a practice, but it is. It’s a custom in too many parts of ...
In a major blow to the federal government, a judge in Detroit has declared America's female genital mutilation law unconstitutional, thereby dismissing the key charges against two Michigan doctors and ...
Updated guidelines in Italy call for active screening and multidisciplinary care for women with female genital mutilation ...
The number of women and girls at risk of FGM is rising in the U.S. — -- When “Sarah” first told her story, she did not want to show her face or give her real name. The American-born woman ...
Female genital mutilation is excruciatingly painful and medically unnecessary. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice. Here's how to help. On Feb. 6, 2023, just months before the outbreak of ...
As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was ...
An increasing number of women who have undergone genital mutilation (also called female circumcision) are immigrating to the U.S. While we are learning how to address the physical sequelae of female ...
The wife of the Kwara Governor, Prof. Olufolake AbdulRazaq, has described Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a human rights violation that must be stopped. AbdulRazaq stated this while in Ilorin on ...
When she was a child, Mali native Alima Traore had her genitals completely excised and later sought refuge in the United States. Though she said she felt unsafe returning to her Mali, U.S. officials ...
Nice Nailantei Leng’ete escaped her own planned circumcision at age 8, and she committed to save others, too. Now, at 22, she’s working with her Masai community and others in Kenya to implement ...
A new report out from Casey Family Programs casts doubt on whether that is the case. Now, apparently, there is something ...
(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 4 - There are approximately 200 million in the world and 80 thousand in Italy, including 7 thousand minors ...