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

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 ...

The Connecticut Senate unanimously passed legislation to ban female genital mutilation making it a Class D felony to perform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across the globe, girls struggle with access to education, proper nutrition, legal rights and much more. And the most unfortunate ...

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

“I was thrown a big party before my cutting. I had my hair done and I was even given presents,” recalled Hoda Ali, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), who went on to cofound The Vavengers, ...

Female genital mutilation is excruciatingly painful and medically unnecessary. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice. Here's how to help. On Feb. 6, 2023, just months before the outbreak of ...

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 ...

As a young child Aïssa could not understand how she could conjure up such horrific images. No one had ever explained to Aïssa what her parents had allowed to take place. “All I could remember was ...

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 ...

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 ...