A leading international expert in female genital mutilation (FGM) has criticised the State's handling of Ireland's first and only landmark case under FGM legislation ...

It’s little known and discussed but more than 500,000 women and girls are survivors or at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the United States. I am one of them. This problem, so ...

The couple spent time in jail and are now determined to obtain a miscarriage of justice certificate after the case against them collapsed.

When people think about female genital mutilation/cutting, or FGM/C, they associate it with places like Africa or the Middle East. But FGM/C is happening here, in the United States, and shockingly, ...

Pamela Fraher has spent the past year investigating Ireland's first and only prosecution for FGM. Here, she reflects on what she uncovered while examining how the State handles this sensitive and ...

Egypt arrested a father and a retired nurse on Tuesday for carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on a 15-year-old girl, after announcing plans to toughen the penalty to 20 years.

A Lagos-based researcher on female genital mutilation (FGM), Friday Anyebe, has lamented the high rate of circumcision of the ...

Too many Sierra Leonean girls still suffer lifelong health problems, complications in childbirth, infection and trauma ...

The World Health Organisation-approved FGM reconstruction surgery is freely available on public health services in countries like Switzerland, but for now such treatment remains unavailable on the NHS ...

From left: Johnstone Kuya Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands in Kenya, Peter Derrek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gender CS Hannah Cheptumo, Joris Van Bommel Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The high prevalence of child marriages in Meru County is closely linked to the persistent ...