Over 200 million women and girls around the world have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This is the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.The ...

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

For Fatou Baldeh, the past year was critical in the fight to end female genital mutilation. A survivor and the founder of the ...

A woman from Senegal described what’s at stake as the Trump administration targets immigrants for deportation. “We are not ...

A leading women's rights campaigner has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of just seven in her home country of The Gambia. Fatou Baldeh ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a reality in Europe: 600,000 girls and women, mainly from Africa and Asia, have been been subjected to it. Worldwide, the figure is at 230 million. FGM refers to the ...

A federal judge in Seattle has issued a preliminary injunction against Trump's executive orders targeting transgender ...

A 34-year-old woman with a 2-year history of progressively worsening difficulties in walking, eating and swallowing, ...