FGM is the deliberate cutting or removal of a female's external genitalia. Lessons will also raise awareness of the support that is available, and ensure children know that FGM is against the law.

By western standards, this amounts to child abuse and criminal assault. FGM defenders claim that the practice makes girls feel “clean”; that it helps them to fit into their subculture ...

If you were born or have lived in East Africa, or if you have visited Tanzania, Kenya, or Uganda, you may be familiar with the term Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This practice, also known as ...

Young Maasai girls in rural Kenya don’t always have the opportunity to go to school. These girls are often at greater risk ...

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mu­tilation (FGM), UNICEF and other agencies have reiterated calls for countries where FGM is still lingering to dismantle the ...

The high prevalence of child marriages in Meru County is closely linked to the persistent practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which continues unabated despite efforts to eradicate it.

It is illegal in the UK. FGM is widely recognised as a violation of a female’s human rights and when inflicted on a girl aged under 18, is child abuse. There are four types of FGM and differing ...