Tag: female genital mutilation

Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organisation said on Monday it wanted a code of conduct to bar medical workers from performing female genital mutilation (FGM). Issuing fresh...

UNITED NATIONS, New York – The number of female genital mutilation survivors tops 230 million worldwide, UNICEF said in a new report Thursday, an...

By Gustavo González,  United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Philippines Globally, some 650 million women and girls alive today were married as children. Another...

Hakam Ibrahim was seven when, like most Sudanese girls, she became a victim of female genital mutilation -- an age-old practice decried as horrific...

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