What works to prevent female genital mutilation? UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight examines the evidence to identify successful strategies.

Learn what life after FGM looks like and why legal bans on the practice alone are not delivering justice for women and girls.

Interviews and focus groups show that VSLAs are perceived as a real opportunity for economic empowerment for female genital mutilators and other women in the villages. Many explain that access to ...

Global Challenges and Opportunities in Litigating Cases of Female Genital Mutilation ( ), outlines lessons from strategic ...

Female genital mutilation is a harmful practice violating female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is estimated that in Finland, there are approximately 10,000 girls and women who have ...

Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 was this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In commemoration of the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization ...

Every year, millions of girls and women around the world face the risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines FGM as comprising “all procedures ...

FGM, sometimes known as ‘cutting’, involves removing all or part of the external genitalia for non-medical reasons. Often, it’s done by someone with no medical training, using knives, scissors, ...

Female genital mutilation is a grave violation of human rights. It is a tool of control, and oppression inflicted on women and girls. There is no ...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a significant issue in The Gambia, where, according to UNICEF, approximately 76 percent of women and girls aged 15–49 have undergone the practice. FGM refers to ...