An anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) protester outside the National Assembly in Banjul on March 18, 2024, during the debate between lawmakers on a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban ...
Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...
BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the ...
Eleven years after Nigeria banned female genital mutilation, investigations by PUNCH HealthWise reveal that some families ...
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 ...
Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has strengthened a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by imposing tougher penalties and making prosecutions easier - a step campaigners hope ...