For Fatou Baldeh, the past year was critical in the fight to end female genital mutilation. A survivor and the founder of the ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It's practiced in at least 25 African countries, as well as parts ...

It's a taboo topic and an age-old practice across several countries and religious traditions in Africa, the Middle East and ...

The international community marked yet another Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), on February 6. ...

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 ...

referring to the procedures as “chemical and surgical mutilation” and calling the phenomenon of minors altering their sex a “dangerous trend.” “It is the policy of the United States that ...

CT is one of only nine states nationally, and the only one in the Northeast, without a specific law banning FGM/C.' ...

A former PhD student who became the first person to be convicted of conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) has had his 'unduly lenient' sentence increased. Emad Kady, a former PhD ...

Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO ...

Thursday marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Many people may be surprised to know that this is even a practice, but it is. It’s a custom in too many ...

The hospitals stopped providing this care for youth earlier this month after Trump’s executive order “Protecting Children ...

A Biden-appointed Judge on Thursday blocked parts of two executive orders issued by President Trump banning or restricting various forms of ‘gender-affirming care’ – or as one of the executive orders ...