A violation of the rights of girls and women, female genital mutilation is a cruel and unnecessary practice. UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund run the largest global program to eliminate ...

Updated guidelines in Italy call for active screening and multidisciplinary care for women with female genital mutilation ...

Chances are, you’ve never heard of “FGM,” also known as female genital mutilation. For Americans, FGM doesn’t hit particularly close to home. But that doesn’t mean the problem is solved. In fact, ...

“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, ...

EMBU COUNTY, KENYA: The Embu County Government has kicked off quarterly awareness campaigns meant to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The county will start programmes in schools where ...

Social workers and health professionals are working together in Bristol to convince communities that female genital mutilation is abuse, reports Louise Hunt Project name: Female Genital Mutilation ...

The Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) including the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

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The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been observed on 6 February each year since its establishment by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. The Day is ...

The Home Office has launched a new drive to tackle the “hidden crime” of female genital mutilation. Materials highlighting the potential consequences of the practice will be distributed into ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A growing trend for midwives and nurses to carry out female genital mutilation (FGM) is undermining global efforts to eradicate the internationally condemned ...