A federal judge has dismissed several charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala in the historic female genital mutilation case, ruling that the federal law against female genital mutilation is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Transgender women are at risk of female genital mutilation, the College of Policing has claimed. New policing guidelines issued by ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Women's rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this week that a law protecting girls from genital mutilation was unconstitutional. They ...

The final week of April 2017 saw an outburst of vitriol on Facebook and Twitter in reaction to comments allegedly tweeted by Chelsea Clinton defending the practice of female genital mutilation. The ...

As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was ...

“We are losing ground in the fight to end female genital mutilation [FGM]” says Nankali Maksud, UNICEF Senior Advisor, Prevention of Harmful Practices. Despite U.N. agencies working to eradicate FGM ...

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Note: This story contains graphic descriptions about female genital mutilation. For years, a distinguished UC San Diego economist has wanted to stop young girls in Kenya from undergoing genital ...

Sudan has criminalized the act of female genital mutilation, a historic move in a country where the United Nations says 9 out of 10 women between the ages of 15 to 49 have been subjected to the ...

At least 200 million girls and women are living with the pain and trauma caused by FGM. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice now. At Kalas Girls Primary School in Uganda's Amudat district in ...

Modern Day Midwife Katie Moriarty recounts how she, like so many other health care professionals, was ill prepared for her first encounter with FGM. Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog ...