September 28, 2011Ugandan government asked to implement anti-FGM actFormer members of Parliament in Uganda have asked the government to implement the anti-FGM Act to stop the […]
September 28, 2011Indonesia’s government has taken a step backwards on combating and preventing female genital mutilation.Indonesia’s government has taken a step backwards on combating and preventing female genital mutilation. Indonesian media report that […]
September 16, 2011Australia Sees Rising Demand for Female Genital MutilationA recent article in the Australian Medical Journal by Ben Mathews, LLB, PhD, calls for increased protection of […]
September 16, 2011Kenyan First Lady calls for strict enforcement of anti-FGM lawThe Kenyan First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, has called on law enforcers to ensure that the law on Female […]
September 9, 2011Kenya makes FGM illegalKenya has become the latest African country to ban female genital mutilation, with the passing of a law […]
September 9, 2011Fears Rise that Indonesian FGM Guidelines Could Increase PracticeGuidelines on how to perform female genital mutilation/cutting issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health could cause an […]
August 31, 2011A group of teachers and students from Alliance Girls High School and Dartmouth University in the United States have launched an anti-Female Genital Mutilation campaign in Marakwet district, KenyaA group of teachers and students from Alliance Girls High School and Dartmouth University in the United States […]
August 31, 2011Near the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda, many parents continue to have their daughters undergo female genital mutilation, even as human rights campaigners push for a stop to the practice.Near the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda, many parents continue to have their daughters undergo female genital mutilation. […]
August 17, 2011Men ‘must help stop female genital mutilation’, says British detectiveDetective Dave McCallum, who leads the public protection unit of Avon and Somerset Police, said men from communities […]
August 17, 2011In Portugal, female genital mutilation “very present” in largely poor and immigrant communitiesWhile terming the subject taboo, a group working with Guinean immigrants says female genital mutilation (FGM) exists among […]
July 25, 2011FGM can’t be dealt with by educating the community aloneEfua Dorkenoo writes: FGM occurs for several reasons, but the main reason is to control girls’ sexuality. This […]
July 25, 20116,000 girls at risk of FGM in UKSome 6,000 girls in London every year are taken abroad and subjected to genital mutilation. Via:[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/05/hideously-diverse-britain]
July 25, 2011Britain continues crackdown on female genital mutilationProsecutors across the UK have been sent new guidelines to assist in the prosecution of those who try […]
July 20, 2011Proposed Ireland law would impose jail time for female genital mutilationThe Irish government has proposed a law designed to prevent female genital mutilation. Introducing the Bill, Health Minister […]
July 4, 2011UK girls at risk of mutilation abroadThousands of British schoolgirls as young as eight face being taken abroad this summer to have their genitals […]
June 21, 2011Reformed practitioners of Female Genital Mutilation receive aidIn Uganda, at least 254 former “practitioners” of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Sebei have received grinding machines […]
June 16, 2011Specialist raising issue of female circumcisionThe practice of FGM might seem a distant problem, taking place as it does mainly in African countries, […]
June 11, 2011Genital mutilation to be outlawedThe Swiss Senate unanimously agreed to ask the government to prepare an amendment to the criminal law to […]
May 28, 2011School provides refuge from FGMIn Kenya, Charity Firm World Vision has opened a girl’s secondary school in Marich Pas, in West Pokot, […]
April 25, 2011After School in Brooklyn, West African Girls Share Memories of a Painful RitualIn a high school classroom in Brooklyn with walls adorned with algebra problems, a 15-year-old girl born in […]