The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that at least 4.5 million girls worldwide are at risk of undergoing ...

On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across ...

This year, the focus for the International Day of Zero Tolerance Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February is on sustaining the investment needed to eliminate this serious violation of ...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have expressed concern that female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to pose a serious threat to ...

Campaigners are fighting for labiaplasty to be criminalised in the UK, claiming it is a form of female genital mutilation ...

FGM/C remains prevalent across Southeast Asia. The region should look to the African Union’s playbook on regional cooperation ...

Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly ...

Female Genital Mutilation ( FGM ) "parties" are taking place across the UK, a charity has warned. More and more girls in Britain are being subjected to the illegal practice as midwives are reportedly ...

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 ...

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.