On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across ...

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

Around 4. 5 million girls worldwide are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, UN agencies have warned.

To prevent these forms of violence and better protect girls, education plays a critical role. By supporting countries in the ...

Chances are, you’ve never heard of “FGM,” also known as female genital mutilation. For Americans, FGM doesn’t hit particularly close to home. But that doesn’t mean the problem is solved. In fact, ...

Conversations on social media about female genital mutilation (FGM) have not changed dramatically over the five years to 2020, according to an analysis of English Twitter data, though there was a ...

Ayan, who is of Somali and Ethiopian descent, revealed she and her sister were both subjected to a female circumcision against their will so they would remain virgins until marriage—a practice that ...

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Social workers and health professionals are working together in Bristol to convince communities that female genital mutilation is abuse, reports Louise Hunt Project name: Female Genital Mutilation ...

Courts are emerging as a critical frontline in the fight to end Female Genital Mutilation Over the past two decades, ...

With global rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) still alarmingly high, EU leaders are renewing calls to end the practice ...

Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.An estimated 4.5 million girls worldwide are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation this year, the United ...