NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

Some Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) survivors have described the practice as harmful and life-threatening. They stated that the mutilation had strained their marriages due to difficulties in forming ...

Gambia’s parliament has voted to uphold a landmark law that bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in the largely Muslim nation, after religious groups pushed for the legislation to be repealed. If ...

I went through female genital mutilation—FGM—when I was one week old, so I don't remember the experience itself. But I had the most severe form: Excision, which is the removal of parts of the clitoris ...

Gambia’s parliament debated Monday whether to overturn a landmark law that banned female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country, as some religious groups in the largely Muslim nation pushed for the ...

The United States has toughened its ban on the "abhorrent practice" of female genital mutilation in a move campaigners hope will bolster efforts to end an ancient rite forced on millions of girls ...

The death of a baby girl who was a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked outrage in the Gambia. The one-month-old infant was rushed to hospital in the capital of Banjul on Sunday, ...

DAKAR, July 8 (Reuters) - Gambian lawmakers adopted recommendations on Monday for the country to maintain its ban on female genital mutilation ahead of a vote later this month on whether to ...

Across the globe, girls struggle with access to education, proper nutrition, legal rights and much more. And the most unfortunate among them become victims of one of the most brutal practices ...