Minnesota has zero convictions for female genital mutilation despite hundreds of thousands at risk nationwide and the state's ...

BEKARREDAR, Ethiopia (AP) — The 25-year-old Kedija had her external genitalia removed and her vagina sewn up when she was just seven days old. She has faced a lifetime of pain. "I was unable to hold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across the globe, girls struggle with access to education, proper nutrition, legal rights and much more. And the most unfortunate ...

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

“I was thrown a big party before my cutting. I had my hair done and I was even given presents,” recalled Hoda Ali, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), who went on to cofound The Vavengers, ...

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 ...

The governor’s wife sought stakeholders’ cooperation to end the practice, which, she said, was still prevalent in Nigeria. The wife of the Kwara Governor, Prof. Olufolake AbdulRazaq, has described ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young woman points to the figures for the unrecorded statistics on "Female Genital Mutilation in Germany" presented by the human ...

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 ...