The first in-depth report into female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran has claimed that the practise is prevalent in "secret pockets" of at least four provinces of Iran and "continues to violate ...

John Arap Koech outside Nakuru law courts on 16th July 2014. He is the Chairman of Sorun Amabet(save before it gets lost)organization which advocates for preservation of Kalenjin traditional culture, ...

In 2020, the United Nations estimated that more than 200 million girls worldwide had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This figure reflects only documented cases, and the actual prevalence is ...

Flack Global Metals (FGM) announced today that it will assume operations of NSPS Metals in Houston, Texas, effective November ...

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 ...

Around 600,000 women in EU countries have undergone some form of genital mutilation. But most cases remain hidden, where it ...

“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, ...

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 ...

For Fatou Baldeh, the past year was critical in the fight to end female genital mutilation. A survivor and the founder of the organization Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL), Baldeh, 41, is a ...

CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights activists hailed the Egyptian government on Monday for advocating increased prison sentences for perpetrators of female genital mutilation (FGM) but ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practised but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

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