More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female genital mutilation — including many in Minnesota, home to a large Somali ...

For six years survivors of female genital mutilation have been calling on lawmakers to ban the practice, testifying about the painful emotional and physical consequences of the traditional custom ...

Dr Marci Bowers during an interview with the Standard at the Platinum Surgery Centre, Hurlingham, Nairobi [Elvis Ogina/Standard] It is late on a Tuesday afternoon, and Dr Marci Bowers, Clitoraid's ...

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In 2020, the United Nations estimated that more than 200 million girls worldwide had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This figure reflects only documented cases, and the actual prevalence is ...

For Ronke Adekanmbi, a native of Ekiti State and a mother, the cyst from the female genital mutilation (FGM) makes her feel awkward if she has to undress. “On my genitals is what the doctors call a ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) remains a threat to the rights of women in Southeast Asia, often religiously and culturally justified. Yet, despite lasting physical and psychological ...

More than a decade ago, when Masooma Ranalvi first spoke publicly about being subjected to khatna (the local term for female ...

Here’s one of the more confusing anomalies in state laws — and in liberal woke-think. Forty-one states have laws prohibiting a practice known as female genital mutilation, or cutting, on minors, ...