I did not escape FGM, nor did anyone else in my community. I cannot keep quiet as girls in Alaska suffer the same fate. Female genital mutilation is violence against the most vulnerable. It causes ...

Following my grandmother through the strange house, a feeling of unease came over me. That feeling only intensified when we ...

Despite concerted efforts by the government to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the practice is still rife among the Kuria of Migori County. Preparations for the rites set for December began as ...

Sarafina Loriakwe, a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from Lolkunono village, of Samburu West Sub County, and Samburu County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Sarafina Loriakwe has lived with ...

Female circumcision has been practised by different religions in West Africa for centuries, with most girls cut between childhood and adolescence. Many families consider it a rite of passage or a way ...

If knives are to be held to a child’s genitals, a thorough discussion better take place first. The dialogue about female “circumcision” — or genital mutilation — has amplified over the past few years.

The women know that mutilating young girls by removing their clitoris and inner labia -- framed as a rite of passage -- is ...

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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.

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 ...