Medics, survivors and campaigners are calling for more to be done to stop female genital mutilation (FGM). A lead midwife at a London hospital said she was treating about six women a week for the ...

Let us not kid ourselves into thinking of FGM as a neutral or positive cultural practice: girls hemorrhage to death, and endure crippling infections for months or years after the cut. Even when the ...

Sarafina Loriakwe, a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from Lolkunono village, of Samburu West Sub County, and Samburu County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Sarafina Loriakwe has lived with ...

If knives are to be held to a child’s genitals, a thorough discussion better take place first. The dialogue about female “circumcision” — or genital mutilation — has amplified over the past few years.

CAIRO (AP) — She remembers it all: How female relatives held her down when she was 11, legs spread and genitals exposed. The fear that stiffened her body. The stranger in black holding the scissors.

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SERREKUNDA, Gambia — On the day her daughter was born, Fatou Saho swore from her hospital bed that she would never subject the girl to female genital cutting, a practice that Fatou and three-quarters ...

Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has strengthened a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by imposing tougher penalties and making prosecutions easier - a step campaigners hope ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Sarafina Loriakwe, a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from Lolkunono village ...