Eliminate barriers to educational access, increase gender parity, and equip girls with leadership skills.

Among the socio-cultural anomalies in Nigeria and many parts of Africa, female genital mutilation remains topmost, despite ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 230 million girls and women across 30 countries in Africa, the Middle ...

Efforts to end FGM/C are hampered by governments’ reluctance to act, particularly in countries not widely associated with the practice. Additional challenges include weak legal protections, ...

She made the remark on 12 March 2025 at a side event organised by The Gambia during the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Kaana Manga Women Association, a gender advocacy group in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, has ...

The WHO has posited that FGM encompasses all procedures that involve ... groups of people and family members push for a particular course of action, and with this pressure and minimal support ...

"Ending FGM requires collective action, stronger policies, and sustained advocacy. We urge governments, civil society organisations, communities, and individuals to join us in taking bold steps ...

A new report has compiled evidence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in 94 countries, revealing that this harmful practice exists in more communities than previously recognized.

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 marks ...

and youths should also expand social movements through strategic coalitions that amplify action to eliminate female genital mutilation. Mrs Chiluwe said that ending FGM/C requires the collective ...