The Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) exists – according to its own mission statement – to print rigorous academic work that ...

I did not escape FGM, nor did anyone else in my community. I cannot keep quiet as girls in Alaska suffer the same fate.

The bodies of African and racialised girls are repeatedly treated as exceptional - available for debate, qualification, and ...

Ten years back at the United Nations General Assembly, all world leaders promised to eliminate harmful practice of female ...

The number of women and girls at risk of FGM is rising in the U.S. — -- When “Sarah” first told her story, she did not want to show her face or give her real name. The American-born woman ...

An upcoming vote will put The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation to the test. The results could have far-reaching consequences. A girl holds a sign protesting against female genital mutilation ...

There will be more victims’ - Efforts to tackle female genital mutilation have been hit, but the Foreign, Commonwealth and ...

STORY: For Mariama Jarjou, taking her two daughters to be circumcised when they were four and five years old was an act of love. She believes it's an important ritual that gives her daughters status ...

Female genital mutilation is excruciatingly painful and medically unnecessary. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice. Here's how to help. On Feb. 6, 2023, just months before the outbreak of ...

Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has strengthened a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by imposing tougher penalties and making prosecutions easier - a step campaigners hope ...

In a significant shift from tradition, Maasai elders in Loitoktok, in Kenya’s Kajiado County, girls are choosingto forgo traditional FGM as a rite of initiation into womanhood. Photo Credit: Amref ...

But even as she manages her small business, Naomi's mind still preoccupied by athletics. Currently, she would be one of Kenya's and international feted runner, were it not for the Female Genital ...