Filmmaker and actress Biodun Stephen has spoken about undergoing female circumcision at the age of six, describing the experience as deeply painful and unforgettable. In an interview with ...

The Rivers State government has renewed its commitment to end Female Genital Mutilation, expressing sadness that the harmful practice still happens in some communities. The Permanent Secretary, ...

More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female genital mutilation — including many in Minnesota, home to a large Somali ...

Elimination must build on locally driven, grassroots achievements Global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) stand at a crossroads, with uneven progress, commitments increasingly ...

Ekiti State First Lady, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji, has appealed to political, traditional, and religious leaders, as well as advocacy groups, to intensify efforts to secure the future of female children by ...

Fatou Sanyang still experiences extreme pain she says feels like "hot water is being poured on me" decades after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) as a girl in The Gambia. "And again, when ...

FGM is a violation of human rights that inflicts severe, lifelong physical and mental health risks on survivors. Health experts maintain FGM has no medical benefits and causes irreversible physical ...

Dear Contemplating the Cut, Rich has answered a couple of variations of letters from people considering foreskin removal recently, which you should read for more information on th ...

Christine Nayor, a 24-year-old from Alapat Village in Lemusui Sub-County, Amudat District, has defied the odds stacked against her. A survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), she has turned the ...

The Belgian government has clashed with the US after Donald Trump's ambassador accused Brussels of antisemitism over its laws regulating circumcision. The United States' ambassador to Belgium has met ...

Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago ...