Jurist

UN warns cross-border movements undermine efforts to end female genital mutilation

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 ...
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More FGM victims seen by NHS services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent – as charity calls for earlier identification and support of survivors

More female genital mutilation victims were seen by NHS services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent this year, new figures show. FGM is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, ...
Jurist

UK criminal court hands down sentence in landmark female genital mutilation case

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 Nation Newspaper

Female genital mutilation

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 ...
The Point

Female circumcision is part of our culture, religion, witness tells Supreme Court

In her testimony, Mariama Njie told the court she was circumcised as a child, a tradition passed down through her family, ...
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FGM and broken bonds: How an age-long practice is tearing Nigerian families apart

By Peter BakareAN ancient tradition under fireFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia for non-medical reasons. It has been practised for ...
The Conversation

Female genital mutilation is a leading cause of death for girls where it’s practised – new study

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Forbes

The Gambia To Decriminalize Female Genital Mutilation?

Protesters hold placards outside the National Assembly in Banjul on March 18, 2024, during the debate between lawmakers on a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban on FGM. Gambian lawmakers ...
WRAL

Michigan to institute harsher penalty for female genital mutilation

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 ...
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Let us join hands and fight FGM, it's still a big threat to girls and women

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 ...
Reuters

Factbox: The hidden cut: female genital mutilation in Asia

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Clinics in Singapore are performing female genital cutting on babies, activists say, despite global pledges to end the internationally condemned practice. A U.N.