Valerie Lolomari, who was recently awarded an MBE for her work helping survivors of FGM, writes about why language around it ...

Updated guidelines in Italy call for active screening and multidisciplinary care for women with female genital mutilation ...

It was an emotionally charged atmosphere as survivor after survivor came up to speak at the one-day seminar in Lagos. They were women from different parts of the country—from the South-West, ...

“I was thrown a big party before my cutting. I had my hair done and I was even given presents,” recalled Hoda Ali, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), who went on to cofound The Vavengers, ...

Mara. When Joyce (not real name) reflects on the choice she made at 15, she describes it as the hardest and bravest decision of her life.Facing imminent female genital mutilation (FGM) and a forced ...

Editor's note: Given the subject this story explores, the discussion includes some explicit language. For generations, women of a secretive Muslim sect have removed what they call "forbidden flesh" ...

Banjul, The Gambia – On a rainy morning in early August, a newborn girl suffering severe vaginal wounds was rushed to Banjul’s Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital. By the time she was attended ...