December 19, 2017Girls could be flown abroad to undergo FGM during Christmas holidays, officials warn as more than 1,000 cases reported – The IndependentGirls may be forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) abroad during the Christmas holidays, authorities have warned […]
December 11, 2017How Women From The U.S. Could Be At Risk Of Genital Mutilation – NPRYoung women from the U.S. are at increasing risk of a dangerous ritual known as female genital mutilation. […]
December 9, 2017It’s Time To Break The Silence Over This Shockingly Common Practice – Refinery 29According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 200 million women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), […]
December 9, 2017How to fight female genital mutilation with economics – CNNSeleiman Bishagazi never enjoyed the benefits of a university education, but he’s smarter on a basic human rights […]
December 3, 2017Husband forces wife to undergo FGM – StandardI was recently talking to a group of girlfriends about Culture and the topic on Female Genital Mutilation […]
December 3, 2017Female circumcision in Sri Lanka is ‘just a nick’, not mutilation: supporters – ReutersMembers of Sri Lanka’s Muslim communities have strongly condemned criticism of ancient cutting rituals performed on girls, saying […]
November 24, 2017Butter knife or sharp blade? Either way, FGM survivors in Sri Lanka want it to stop – ReutersWhen her daughter turned seven, and it was time for the “khatna” – a female genital mutilation (FGM) […]
November 24, 2017Female Genital Mutilation Happening to an Alarming Number of U.S. Girls – NewsweekSudan, Somalia, Sierra Leone. Those African nations are notoriously associated with the gruesome ritual of female genital mutilation—but it […]
November 22, 2017EGYPTIAN JOURNALIST RABAB AZZAM ON UNDERGOING FGM AT AGE 13: IT WAS A “COLLECTIVE MASSACRE” – MemriEgyptian journalist Rabab Azzam told her story of being circumcised at the age of 13, recounting the physical […]
November 22, 2017Doctor at center of mutilation case freed from jail – The Detroit NewsDr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Northville doctor accused of mutilating the genitalia of “countless” young girls, was released on […]
November 21, 2017Dawoodi Bohra women write to PM Narendra Modi against Female Genital Mutilation – The Indian ExpressSeveral women from the Dawoodi Bohra community have come together to launch a campaign this week seeking Prime […]
November 21, 2017ICE fights to protect girls and women from mutilation and abuse – ICE NewsMore than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation, or cutting (FGM/C). FGM/C […]
November 7, 2017FGM ‘not being taken seriously’ in Northern Ireland – BBC NewsThere is no departmental body taking responsibility for the issue and no plan in place to implement multi-agency […]
November 6, 2017Londoner to be charged with causing FGM in landmark UK prosecution – Evening StandardThe 49-year-old from south London is alleged to have carried out the crime on a young girl between […]
November 3, 2017Panel sends genital mutilation bill to U.S. House – The Detroit NewsThe House Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced to the full House a bill sponsored by Rep. Dave Trott, […]
October 26, 2017‘How to Get Away With Murder’s’ Aja Naomi King to Star in ‘A Girl From Mogadishu’ – Variety“How to Get Away With Murder” star Aja Naomi King is portraying Somali activist Ifrah Ahmed in the biopic “A […]
October 25, 2017GPS tether bugs me, says mom in genital mutilation case – The Detroit NewsA West Bloomfield Township woman accused of delivering her daughter to a doctor who mutilated the girl’s genitalia […]
October 23, 2017Activist Speaks On How She Survived ‘Highly Demonic’ Female Genital Mutilation – The Daily CallerA human rights activist relayed the “demonic” experience of female genital mutilation (FGM) she underwent to a small […]
October 20, 2017Sex charge should stick in mutilation case, feds say – The Detroit NewsDr. Jumana Nagarwala digitally penetrated and cut the genitalia of 7-year-old girls and should face a sex charge […]
October 19, 2017The grandmother who used to perform FGM & is now fighting against it – London EconomicMartha Daub, a 59-year-old grandmother from Northern Tanzania, is campaigning to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a harmful […]