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 ...

Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...

Ten years back at the United Nations General Assembly, all world leaders promised to eliminate harmful practice of female genital mutilation/ cutting (SDG-5 target 5.3) by 2030. But instead of ...

At eight years old, Fatou Baldeh was told she would be attending a party at her uncle’s house to celebrate girls in her local community in The Gambia. Excited, she picked out a new outfit and braided ...

Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has strengthened a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by imposing tougher penalties and making prosecutions easier - a step campaigners hope ...

The number of women and girls at risk of FGM is rising in the U.S. — -- When “Sarah” first told her story, she did not want to show her face or give her real name. The American-born woman ...

Lawmakers in Gambia referred an attempted repeal of the 2015 ban on female genital cutting for further committee discussions on Monday. Gambian activists fear a repeal would overturn years of work to ...

In 2016, a collaboration between York University and the think tank King’s Fund published a report into the estimated costs ...

BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the ...

What is Vaginal Rejuvenation, what many might term as Cosmetic gynecology which was discovered in the late nineteen eights as a way to alter ones gentile for sexual reasons by one Chavis LaFeria and ...