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 ...

Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 was this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In commemoration of the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization ...

As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was ...

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.

A Gender equality activist and women empowerment advocate, Amaka Ekpecham, has highlighted the divergent patterns of genital mutilation across Nigeria’s Niger Delta and Northern regions, underscoring ...

Around 4. 5 million girls worldwide are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, UN agencies have warned.

Readers who have turned the pages of history are well aware of the fact that in the struggle for independence, Christian political leader Quaid-e-A ...

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 ...

We think of human rights abuses as wartime atrocities, but sometimes they involve what family members do to the people they love. By Nicholas Kristof Shamsa Sharawe made her name campaigning against ...

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 ...