Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The UNICEF logo is seen at the German UNICEF headquarters in Cologne, Germany, on Feb. 5, 2008. Over 230 million women and ...

As the summer vacation period begins and families travel to countries of origin, the risk of female genital mutilation rises ...

Female genital mutilation is a severe form of violence that violates the bodily integrity, health and fundamental human ...

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has opened a disciplinary investigation into a doctor who advertised performing female ...

Female circumcision is so harmful that it is quite clear that society would be better off without this kind of practice, but so far progress has been slow. The economist Eliana La Ferrara is ...

Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder and healthcare advocate who for decades has combated female circum- cision and strived to improve women’s healthcare in East Africa, was named ...

Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the ...

It’s no wonder activists have failed to eradicate female circumcision in Africa, said the Lagos newspaper This Day in an editorial. They’ve gone about it the wrong way, using a condescending tone of ...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - Egypt strengthened its ban on female genital cutting in June by eliminating a legal loophole allowing girls to undergo the procedure for health reasons. A U.N women's forum urged ...

Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children's agency. In the last ...