CT remains 1of 9 states without legal protection against female genital mutilation/cutting, 'which is internationally ...

Mariame Dabo, 59, lives in Tambacounda, in eastern Senegal. A survivor of female genital mutilation as a child, Mariame works ...

FGM is not a ‘female problem’; it’s a human rights problem. I hope that the documentary will have an impact on everyone.

Often it's performed against their will, and health professionals worldwide consider it a form of violence against women and a violation of their human rights. When FGM is inflicted on children ...

FGM is a severe violation of human rights of women and girls. FGM is a human rights violation that results in physical and psychological consequences that women and girls have to deal with for the ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is legal in Russia but is widely seen as a human rights violation. The Meduza report triggered heated debate on Russian social media. FGM is a crime in the UK and ...

Female genital mutilation or FGM, is internationally recognised as a violation of human rights. Yet, over 200 million girls worldwide are at risk of undergoing this harmful practice annually ...

FGM – removing all or part of the genitals for cultural or religious (non-medical) purposes – is "recognised internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women", said the WHO.

She assumed the Home Office would understand that in Gambia almost all women of her mother's generation would have had FGM. Instead, the Home Office decided Fatou was not at risk. "When women claim ...

In 2016, we launched an appeal to stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Early & Forced Marriage ... And our total was doubled to £1,620,000 by the UK Government’s Aid Match Scheme. Our Human Rights ...

A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM ... have been pushing for the ban to be repealed, while women's rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in ...