The European Central Bank (ECB) will announce its interest rate decision on Thursday, with market expectations leaning ...

There are some practices that have implications for your sexual well being. Female genital mutilation (FGM) Also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, FGM is a traditional ...

“We are dismayed that there have been no convictions for FGM-related offences,” he added. The procedure in which female genitals are deliberately cut or altered, is usually carried out during school ...

"I stood over her to make sure she cut enough," he says. "I wasn't going to let my daughters have those things!" AS more and more immigrants from countries that practice FGM come to make their ...

Now 25 years on, Leyla is campaigning for an end to FGM and wants to ensure that no more girls suffer the way she did. Channel 4 documentary The Cruel Cut follows Leyla's campaign as she and a ...

In the procedure’s most severe form, a woman’s genitals are cut and stitched together so that she cannot have or enjoy sex. Africa accounts for 144 million cases, but FGM also occurs in the ...

Even as FGM in parts of Africa garners global headlines ... When it is mutilated, the nerve endings are cut off, leading to a loss of sensation. “Those girls whose clitoris has been removed ...