In observance of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation today, 6th February, we’re shedding light on these deeply rooted practices that have persisted for centuries, ...

Female genital cutting affects over 140 million women worldwide. Prevalent in certain countries of Africa and the Middle East, the practice continues among immigrants to industrialized countries.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Female genital mutilation may seem a world away from Western values and lifestyles – but it is more common in Australia than many of us ...

The Australian Federal Police is investigating reports of a Brisbane girl being taken from her home to undergo genital mutilation in Africa. It is believed the girl is between the ages of four and ...

The World Health Organization has released new guidelines on care for women who have been subjected to genital mutilation (FGM). This is an effort to bring medical standardization to an extremely ...

In 1996 the World Health Organization (WHO) defined female genital mutilation as a practice comprising “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other ...

Female genital mutilation is a bloody custom carried out on thousands of young girls every day worldwide but rarely in Canada where it is a banned, underground practice. St. Catharines, Ont., became a ...

IT IS appropriate that this week sees the committee stage of Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011 – when it comes before the Oireachtas for its third reading – as today is UN ...

I am a 19-year-old student in Accra. I ran away from home when I was seventeen years old because my father tried to force me to have a circumcision and I refused. My mother who supported my decision, ...

These practices have been going on for centuries and are primarily inflicted upon young girls and women. For those unfamiliar with these terms and practices, we'll be shedding light on what they ...