"If we can give just one survivor a semblance of justice, I'm so proud we're going to get to do that," said Rep. Jillian ...

Lawmakers gave final passage to a bill that makes female genital mutilation a crime in CT, an action advocates for several ...

A new law in Maryland strengthening a ban on female genital mutilation is good progress, but the real test is implementation, ...

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 ...

Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, a French doctor, founded a one-stop shop to treat female victims of violence. Now, her revolutionary template is used across France. By Ségolène Le Stradic We think of human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Transgender women are at risk of female genital mutilation, the College of Policing has claimed. New policing guidelines issued by ...

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 ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday urging countries to ban female genital mutilation, calling it an "irreparable, irreversible abuse" that ...

Atlanta, GA -- The defense attorneys for a Gwinnett County man accused of performing a female circumcision on his daughter presented the jury with testimony that the child may have had a false memory ...

Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female circumcision and strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa, was named ...

Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 was this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In commemoration of the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization ...