Fewer female genital mutilation victims were seen by NHS services in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes this year, new figures show. FGM is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately ...

The UK Central Criminal Court handed down its sentence Friday in the landmark female genital mutilation (FGM) case against defendant Amina Noor for carrying out an FGM procedure on a UK citizen ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that global efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are undermined by the cross-border movements of girls to ...

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.

Several female genital mutilation victims were seen by NHS services in Mid and South Essex this year, new figures show. FGM is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or ...

More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female genital mutilation — including many in Minnesota, home to a large Somali ...

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A series of new laws passed in Michigan strengthen penalties for female genital mutilation practices in the state. Performing FGM or transporting another person in the state for the purpose of ...

Rev Fr Joseph Mutie Chair, Inter Religious Council of Kenya displays Anti-FGM message placard during inter religious Anti FGM Festival at the Church of Latter Saints, Upper Hill Nairobi on September 9 ...

Imo State has the highest prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Southeast region, with 38% of wome n aged 15-49 years affected. Alarmingly, 9.7% of girls aged 0-14 years have also ...