Minnesota has zero convictions for female genital mutilation despite hundreds of thousands at risk nationwide and the state's ...

Female genital mutilation, the ritualistic cutting or removal of external female genitalia that is associated with Islamic religious beliefs or cultural practice, is almost universally denounced in ...

Errekunda, Gambia — Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, or FGM, which would make the West African nation the first country ...

Their conviction underlines the judiciary's resolve to prosecute a practice that remains banned yet persists in some communities.

Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, a French doctor, founded a one-stop shop to treat female victims of violence. Now, her revolutionary template is used across France. By Ségolène Le Stradic We think of human ...

Ness Njagi suffered traumatic female circumcision as a child. Years later, genital reconstructive surgery helps her reclaim ...

Forty-one states have laws prohibiting female genital mutilation, but only 27 states ban gender-affirming care for minors, ...

Elimination must build on locally driven, grassroots achievements Global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) ...

Transgender women are at risk of female genital mutilation, the College of Policing has claimed. New policing guidelines issued by the taxpayer-funded quango state that trans women could be forced to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...