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Michigan Laws Will Increase Penalties For Performing Female Genital Mutilation

The laws were spurred by the criminal case of an emergency room doctor charged with performing the procedure on multiple girls in suburban Detroit. The United States banned the practice in 1996.(Image...

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The Next 'Game of Thrones' Could Be Set In Post-Apocalyptic Africa

HBO has optioned the novel Who Fears Death by sci-fi writer Nnedi Okorafor. And the man behind GoT — George R.R. Martin — is at the helm.

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A Secretive Sect Opens A Debate On Female Genital Mutilation

The Bohras, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, practice cutting as a clandestine ritual. Now, the arrest of a Bohra doctor in Detroit for performing FGM has inspired a frank discussion in Pakistan.(Image...

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2 Young Sisters Die After Undergoing Female Genital Mutilation

The girls were ages 10 and 11 and lived in Somalia, which has the highest rate of FGM in the world.(Image credit: Ivan Lieman)

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Judge Says Federal Law Against Female Genital Mutilation Violates U.S....

A federal judge in Michigan dropped most charges against a doctor accused of female genital mutilation, concluding that Congress "overstepped its bounds" when it passed a law banning the practice.

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In UK First, Court Convicts Mother Of Female Genital Mutilation

It's the first time anyone has been successfully prosecuted under the anti-FGM law, passed more than 30 years ago. Officials say the mother performed the procedure on her 3-year-old daughter in...

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The 2019 Report Card For The Fight To End Female Genital Mutilation

On this day of "zero tolerance" for FGM, how is the world doing in its campaign to halt the practice?(Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba)

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The Queen Honors Two Women Who Seek To End Female Genital Mutilation

They're Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali — both named Officers of the Order of the British Empire at Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours Ceremony.(Image credit: Stuart C. Wilson)

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It's a bleak 'Day of the Girl' because of the pandemic. But no one's giving...

The United Nations established the Day of the Girl a decade ago to address issues that affect girls' rights: education, teen pregnancy, child marriage. Steady progress has been made. Then came COVID.

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The Gambia is debating whether to repeal its ban on female genital mutilation

Like many countries in Africa, The Gambia has a law criminalizing the practice of female genital mutilation. Now, amid a religious backlash, it could become the first country to repeal its ban.

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