Thirteen-year-old Salamatu Jalloh had her whole future to look forward to. But in January 2023, her lifeless body was found wrapped in a pink and blue shroud on an earthen floor in a village in ...

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 ...

Ending female genital mutilation (FGM) demands greater male involvement, the United Nations has stressed, urging the implementation of male participation programmes across African and Asian countries, ...

A new study has brought to light nine survivor accounts of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) among a small section of ...

As The Gambia’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on the FGM ban, mothers fear the law could be weakened.

Colombia has passed the first legislation in Latin America to outlaw female genital mutilation. But barriers remain.

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 ...

As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was ...

An estimated 100 million girls and women of reproductive age across 30 countries have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to a new meta-analysis publishing September 1 in ...

TUTAKAL, Iraq (Reuters) - Amena practiced female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many years that she struggles to recall how many girls passed through her hands. "I ...

*Pressure is mounting on Sierra Leone First Lady Fatima Maada Bio after a coalition of activists and political figures questioned her position on female genital mutilation (FGM). More than 20 ...