Female genital mutilation (FGM) affects almost all dimensions of the health of women and girls, according to a new study published today from the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It's practiced in at least 25 African countries, as well as parts ...

An estimated 230 million women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), which involves injury to the external genital organs for nonmedical reasons. According to the World Health ...

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 ...

Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...