Case brought by Muslim leaders and MP follows failed 2024 bid and seen as part of global anti-women’s rights backlash ...

What is female genital mutilation?UN Women defines female genital mutilation (FGM) as all procedures involving the partial or total removal of female external genitalia or other injury to female ...

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 ...

An upcoming vote will put The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation to the test. The results could have far-reaching consequences. A girl holds a sign protesting against female genital mutilation ...

Ten years ago today Efua Dorkenoo, the figurehead of the movement to end female genital mutilation (FGM), passed away. The Ghanaian-born activist was affectionately known as Mama Efua because she ...

The Gambia may become the first country in the world to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation. The small West African country banned the practice in 2015. But yesterday, Gambian lawmakers voted ...

“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, ...

The number of women and girls at risk of FGM is rising in the U.S. — -- When “Sarah” first told her story, she did not want to show her face or give her real name. The American-born woman ...

Valerie Lolomari, who was recently awarded an MBE for her work helping survivors of FGM, writes about why language around it ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations passed a resolution on Thursday urging countries to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) - a practice that puts millions of girls a year at risk of serious ...