The Ministry of Health highlighted that ending female genital mutilation (FGM) should be seen as an investment in human ...
On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across ...
What works to prevent female genital mutilation? UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight examines the evidence to identify successful strategies.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tools used to perform female genital mutilation In 2016, a collaboration between York University and the think tank King’s ...
We hope that there will be renewed efforts to make sure that this harmful practice sees the eventual end of its lifeline ...
The Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Charity Bature, has disclosed that perpetrators of female ...
Leaders emphasised that access to menstrual products and FGM elimination are key to keeping girls in school and safeguarding ...
FGM/C remains prevalent across Southeast Asia. The region should look to the African Union’s playbook on regional cooperation ...
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Gambia's Supreme Court to Decide On FGM Ban

Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly ...
Campaigners fear children could be taken abroad for FGM if a legal challenge to overturn the decade-old ban succeeds.
A survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), has spoken directly to police, prosecutors and government officials about the ...