Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...

More than 230 million women and girls around the world have now undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations ...

Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 was this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In commemoration of the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization ...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - Egypt strengthened its ban on female genital cutting in June by eliminating a legal loophole allowing girls to undergo the procedure for health reasons. A U.N women's forum urged ...

At a market in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, a community theater group uses performance to help raise awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM). A day to join a global movement to protect ...

More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female genital mutilation — including many in Minnesota, home to a large Somali ...

Two men in Kenya are rallying against the myths that perpetuate the violation of women’s and girls’ human rights through the centuries-old cultural tradition of female circumcision, more commonly ...

Kenya outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation in 2011, but a disturbing adaptation has emerged among borderland communities, which, for generations, have seen the practice as an important ...