More than 20,000 girls and women living in Switzerland have undergone or are at risk of female genital mutilation. In an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned female mutilation and domestic violence against women, calling them degradations that had to be combated. "The many forms of slavery, the ...

The Ebonyi State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), declaring that the ...

Protesters hold placards outside the National Assembly in Banjul on March 18, 2024, during the debate between lawmakers on a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban on FGM. Gambian lawmakers ...