Christine Nayor, a 24-year-old from Alapat Village in Lemusui Sub-County, Amudat District, a survivor of female genital ...

Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She told the UN sexual and reproductive ...

On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

What works to prevent female genital mutilation? UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight examines the evidence to identify successful strategies.

The Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Charity Bature, has disclosed that perpetrators of female ...

The segment, hosted by Sheila Fogarty on 17 December 2025, was triggered by a controversial British Medical Journal essay suggesting UK FGM laws stigmatise communities. Fogarty, rightly, called this ...

The long and contentious struggle over the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country has re-emerged at the ...

With The Gambia overturning its law on female genital mutilation, here are countries where it is still practised. According to The World Health Organisation, in countries that practice it, FGM is ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a leading cause of death in the countries where it is practiced, with over 44,000 additional women and young girls dying each year, a new study reveals. FGM accounts ...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have warned that female ...

In Nigeria, 20 million girls and women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total ...

Share on Pinterest MADRID, SPAIN – 2018/02/03: A woman with a placard that reads “200 million victims” protesting against female genital mutilation. Photo by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty ...