“When I was growing up, FGM was a norm. Our mothers, grandmothers and aunties celebrated a girl going through the cut. Since we got the law—the Prohibition of FGM Act 2011—we have seen more ...

FGM, also known as female circumcision, is a procedure where the typical female genitals are cut, injured, or changed for non-medical reasons. It is illegal in many countries, including Malta.

Born in The Gambia, she was subjected to FGM at the age of eight, an experience that deeply influenced her life. Baldeh recalls the trauma vividly: I was pinned down and I was cut. We were all kept in ...

Gambian women and girls deserve a society where they are free from violence and their rights respected and protected.

FGM – removing all or part of the genitals for ... "An uncut woman loves sex more than a cut woman. That's why we reduce the urge in them," said one soweis, or senior member, of the Bondo ...

As traumatic as the physical consequences may be, victims say severe psychological and sexual problems also often develop from FGM that deserve attention too. One Senegalese woman who was cut as a ...

FGM is when all or part of the female genitals are deliberately cut, removed, injured or changed. It is carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15, normally before puberty starts.

However, for millions of Nigerian women and girls, that single cut marks the beginning of a life-altering nightmare characterised by isolation, pain and stigma. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM ...

In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) ...