A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C ... and it typically takes place in non-clinical settings without medical supervision. The practice is particularly prevalent in several African ...

For Fatou Baldeh, the past year was critical in the fight to end female genital mutilation. A survivor and the founder of the organization Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL), Baldeh ...