It is thought that around 98 per cent of girls aged between zero and 13 in Somalia undergo FGM each year. Ireland legislated to ban FGM in 2012. After speaking in the European Parliament ...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is considered by the UN to be a ‘global concern’. International organisations routinely claim a 98% prevalence rate among the Somali population (UNICEF 2013). As a ...

The Ministry of Family and Human Rights Development in Somalia has unveiled significant ... International Day for Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on February 11, 2025, held ...

Somalia: This barbaric practice is a norm in Somalia, with an estimated 98% of women going through this extreme form of FGM. The practice is regarded as culture and a rite of passage into womanhood.

Ifrah was born in Somalia, and fled the outbreak of war in 2006 at the age of 17. She escaped traffickers and was granted asylum in Ireland. Since settling in Ireland, she has devoted her life to ...

Dorcas Amusan-Fagborun has spent 10 years in Bradford highlighting FGM, which is illegal in the ... repair the damage done to her as a child in Somalia. Amina Noor, from Harrow, loses a Court ...