When a U.S. federal judge ruled recently that a 1996 law prohibiting "female genital mutilation" (FGM) was unconstitutional, it prompted shock and dismay across the political spectrum: How could it be ...

In 2020, the United Nations estimated that more than 200 million girls worldwide had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This figure reflects only documented cases, and the actual prevalence is ...

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 ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to the practice of purposefully cutting, injuring, or altering female genitalia. It involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. There ...

A recent story in The New York Times looked at the rise of American girls who are being sent abroad to undergo female circumcision, which has been banned in the United States since 1996. As Julie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female ...

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.

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 ...

Modern Day Midwife Katie Moriarty recounts how she, like so many other health care professionals, was ill prepared for her first encounter with FGM. Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog ...