Around 4. 5 million girls worldwide are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, UN agencies have warned.

Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She told the UN sexual and reproductive ...

What works to prevent female genital mutilation? UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight examines the evidence to identify successful strategies.

With global rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) still alarmingly high, EU leaders are renewing calls to end the practice ...

The UNFPA estimates 4.5 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation in 2026. Learn about this human rights violation and global efforts to end i ...

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 6 - More than 95,000 women in Italy are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), activists trying to ...

Transgender women are at risk of female genital mutilation, the College of Policing has claimed. New policing guidelines issued by the taxpayer-funded quango state that trans women could be forced to ...

UN chief António Guterres calls for global action to end female genital mutilation, warning millions of women and girls continue to suffer lasting harm.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Genital Mutilation. In 2012, the United Nations ...

Interviews and focus groups show that VSLAs are perceived as a real opportunity for economic empowerment for female genital mutilators and other women in the villages. Many explain that access to ...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the United Nations Population Fund have commemorated the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation with the theme, ...

Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.