FGM/C causes immediate and lifelong physical and psychological harm to girls and women, including severe pain, complications during childbirth, infections and trauma. We brought together our ...

Female Genital Mutilation causes about 44,000 deaths each year in more than a dozen countries. This is the grim revelation from a new report cited in The Conversation Africa by Heather D. Flowe. The ...

Blog - It begins with a cut. A seemingly small incision; often celebrated as a rite of passage and a symbol of purity and tradition. However, for millions of Nigerian women and girls, that single cut ...

Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Female genital mutilation (FGM) is ...

FGM is a practice where the genitals of a female are deliberately cut, removed or altered. It is an illegal practice in the UK and can cause many serious complications for victims. In 2017 ...

FGM/C causes immediate and lifelong physical and psychological harm to girls and women, including severe pain, complications during childbirth, infections and trauma. We brought together our ...

FGM/C causes immediate and lifelong physical and psychological harm to girls and women, including severe pain, complications during childbirth, infections and trauma. We brought together our ...

Often it’s “justified” by cultural beliefs about controlling female sexuality and marriageability. FGM/C causes immediate and lifelong physical and psychological harm to girls and women, including ...