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 ...
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 ...
More female genital mutilation victims were seen by NHS services in Bath and north east Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire last year, new figures show. FGM, where female genitals are deliberately cut, ...
At eight years old, Fatou Baldeh was told she would be attending a party at her uncle’s house to celebrate girls in her local community in The Gambia. Excited, she picked out a new outfit and braided ...
A woman sits on the ground, her arm wrapped around her lowered head in distress. [Courtesy, iStockphoto] Female genital mutilation (FGM), long condemned as a violation of human rights, has now been ...
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More FGM victims seen by NHS services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland – as charity calls for earlier identification and support of survivors
More female genital mutilation victims were seen by NHS services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland this year, new figures show.
She wasn’t sick. She wasn’t in danger. She was born a girl, and that was enough. In parts of the world today, being a girl still comes with one of the most brutal rites imaginable: Female genital ...
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