For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. School girls campaigning against FGM in Kacheliba. [File, Standard] Kisii County has ...

Campaigners are fighting for labiaplasty to be criminalised in the UK, claiming it is a form of female genital mutilation ...

Connecticut is one of only a handful of states without a law banning female genital mutilation and cutting, a human rights violation and one of the most extreme forms of gender-based violence. FGM/C, ...

Journal of Public Health, Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 2019), pp. e261-e266 (6 pages) Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a global public health issue. Women in the UK are at risk of FGM and ...

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 ...

Somali women describe a complex and shifting tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Somalia, according to a study published July 9, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Global ...

Without accelerated efforts, there is no chance of getting anywhere close to eliminating FGM/C by 2030. Women from the Samburu tribe who escaped from gender based violence play with their children ...

Case brought by Muslim leaders and MP follows failed 2024 bid and seen as part of global anti-women’s rights backlash A group of religious leaders and an MP in the Gambia have launched efforts to ...

Mara. Human rights activists and gender stakeholders have urged the government to adopt a well-resourced, solution-driven ...

Kisii County has beautiful cultures and diversity, but even with urbanisation, civilisation high literacy levels, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still deeply rooted among some members of the local ...