In a renewed push to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Liberia, Medica Liberia, Community Healthcare Initiatives (CHI), ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

When Ifrah Ahmed arrived in Ireland as a teenager after fleeing Somalia, it would have been natural if she had focused on building a new life for herself. Instead, she decided to try to save others ...

Kwara State reinforces its commitment to end FGM, reviewing its 2026–2030 action plan with a multi-sectoral approach ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the nation's first female genital mutilation case, delivering a major blow to the prosecution and FGM survivors who had hoped the Detroit case would help end a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for ...

Siminesh Comollo was 9 years old when she was “cut.” As a child growing up in Ethiopia, female genital mutilation or cutting was accepted as a cultural norm. Comollo had no idea the practice extended ...

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