STORY: For Mariama Jarjou, taking her two daughters to be circumcised when they were four and five years old was an act of love. She believes it's an important ritual that gives her daughters status ...

Draped in animal skin and covered in white paint, four teenage girls squat over large stones in a remote village in Baringo County, after undergoing female genital mutilation which was banned three ...

Dirham Haji vividly remembers that cool April morning in Isiolo County, as the air carried the damp smell of overnight rain, the sun struggling through heavy clouds as the plains slowly warmed. Down ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the harmful cutting or removal of a female’s external genitalia for no medical benefit. Although illegal in many countries, it is still practiced in 30 countries ...

When I spoke to Santana Simiyu, a human rights lawyer at Equality Now, working with partners on The Gambia’s FGM Supreme Court case, she told me something I have not forgotten. Children’s rights are ...

At a market in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, a community theater group uses performance to help raise awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM). A day to join a global movement to protect ...

As more and more countries outlaw the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), The Gambia could become the first country in the world to overturn such a ban. The country's National Assembly ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM), one of the most persistent violations of the rights and dignity of girls and women, continues to affect millions across East and Southern Africa. Despite decades of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman holds a razor blade in Burkina Faso The British Medical Journal Group has published an article defending female genital ...

Last month, Nigeria hosted the 13th Annual Technical Consultation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Joint Programme on the Elimination of ...