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 ...

An upcoming vote will put The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation to the test. The results could have far-reaching consequences. A girl holds a sign protesting against female genital mutilation ...

The procedure, common in some parts of the African continent, is practised by both Muslims and Christians in Egypt. An amended law that toughens penalties for female genital mutilation to up to 15 ...

Like many countries in Africa, The Gambia has a law criminalizing the practice of female genital mutilation. Now, amid a religious backlash, it... As more and more countries outlaw the practice of ...

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 ...

On Monday, Gambian lawmakers rejected a bill that would have overturned its ban on female genital mutilation. The vote marks a victory for women's... A victory for opponents of female genital ...

Countries like Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia have seen reductions in FGM prevalence among 15–19-year-olds over the past 30 years—by as much as 50%, 35%, and 30%, respectively—through ...

I did not escape FGM, nor did anyone else in my community. I cannot keep quiet as girls in Alaska suffer the same fate. Female genital mutilation is violence against the most vulnerable. It causes ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly adopted ambitious Sustainable ...

Ten years back at the United Nations General Assembly, all world leaders promised to eliminate harmful practice of female genital mutilation/ cutting (SDG-5 target 5.3) by 2030. But instead of ...