Youth activists have intensified the fight against female genital Mutilation (FGM) by adopting digital tools to document, ...

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 ...

Pamela Fraher has spent the past year investigating Ireland's first and only prosecution for FGM. Here, she reflects on what she uncovered while examining how the State handles this sensitive and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for ...

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 ...

A Lagos-based researcher on female genital mutilation (FGM), Friday Anyebe, has lamented the high rate of circumcision of the ...

In Nigeria, 20 million girls and women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total ...

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) amidst staggering statistics revealing the widespread prevalence of the practice. Speaking at an event ...

Kenya's High Court ruling upholding a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) will give a much needed boost to the fight to ...

A leading international expert in female genital mutilation (FGM) has criticised the State's handling of Ireland's first and only landmark case under FGM legislation ...

As lawmakers debate President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's proposed bill to outlaw harmful cultural practices, former Miss Liberia Wokie Dolo has thrown fresh fuel on an already divisive national debate by ...