Female genital mutilation

World News

UN begins 16-day activism campaign highlighting female abuse

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 is the occasion to highlight the many struggles women from around the world continue to face, including domestic abuse, genital mutilation, online violence, and femicide.

25/11/2021

World News

COVID school closures 'have led to rise in female genital mutilations'

The UN estimates that an additional two million girls worldwide are at risk of female genital mutilation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

06/02/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Humanity's greatest stupidity: undermining women | View

In 1983, a dramatic event would lead Dr Morissanda Kouyaté to dedicate his life to the struggle of female genital mutilation.

12/11/2020

World News

Coronavirus lockdowns 'a catastrophe' for women's rights, says UN

Between 13 million and 51 million women who otherwise would have used modern contraceptives will be unable to.

28/04/2020

World News

Euroviews. Female genital mutilation is a chronic global problem. It demands a global response ǀ View

What would the global statistics look like if we were able to obtain reliable data on Female Genital Mutilation prevalence for each of the 90-plus countries where we are aware that FGM is present?

10/02/2020

World

United Nations marks International Day to end FGM

Worldwide, more than two hundred million girls and women have been affected

06/02/2020

United Kingdom

Female genital mutilation trial: Mother sentenced to 11 years in jail

The first person to be convicted in the UK for female genital mutilation gets 11 years in jail.

08/03/2019

World News

Can the world eradicate female genital mutilation?

There are more than three million girls worldwide at risk for FGM annually, 180,000 in Europe.

06/02/2019

United Kingdom

First woman convicted in UK for genital mutilation of daughter, 3

In a UK first, a woman has been found guilty of female genital mutilation.

01/02/2019

United Kingdom

'Hide a spoon in your underwear', charities tell women fearing forced

Women fearing forced marriage are advised to hide a spoon in their knickers to set off airport metal detectors

31/05/2018

United Kingdom

Police fear young girls are being ‘taken on holiday for FGM’

Girls are more at risk during summer holidays because it allows them more time to heal before returning to school, experts say.

20/07/2017

United Kingdom

England records 5,300 new cases of female genital mutilation

05/07/2017

Tanzania

Don’t stop pregnant girls from returning to school, urge NGOs

01/07/2017

Tanzania

Babies targeted as FGM victims get younger, say campaigners

Babies are among the victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), campaigners claim, reflecting a growing trend of younger girls being targeted.

06/02/2017

My Europe Series

Female genital mutilation: the UK's hidden crime

The British government estimates at least 170,000 women and girls are living with the consequences of having the procedure

13/10/2016

World News

FGM provokes fierce debate in Dagestan

A report about female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked a fierce debate in the North Caucasus. Some clerics in Dagestan have defended the practice.

18/08/2016