UNICEF Report On Female Genital Mutilation Holds Hope And Woe
The practice is on the decline in many countries. But the population boom in Africa and the Middle East will put millions of girls at risk unless more progress is made.
View ArticleFighting Genital Cutting Of British Girls: A Survivor Speaks Out
Her family said they were going on a vacation. But Nimco Ali was taken to a woman who performed genital mutilation. Now Ali is helping the more than 100,000 girls in the U.K. possibly at risk.
View ArticleMovement Against Female Genital Mutilation Gains Spotlight In U.K.
The U.K. tended to treat the issue as a practice from a foreign culture that did not demand attention. But it has become a central focus for police, doctors, and even the British prime minister.
View ArticlePhotographers Capture The Sorrow And Pain Of Global Girls
For the International Day of the Girl Child, we wanted to bring to light issues that are often hidden from view. So we turned to five photographers who devote much of their time to girls' issues.
View ArticleA Rap Star And A Therapist Fight Female Genital Mutilation
They each were cut when they were young. As outspoken opponents of the practice, they're accused of going against their religion. (They're not.) And of being brainwashed by white women. (Also untrue.)
View ArticleFemale Genital Mutilation Is A U.S. Problem, Too
A new report says an estimated half a million American girls are at risk. The U.S. and other developed countries can learn from efforts in Africa to eliminate the practice.
View ArticleEgyptian Doctor Found Guilty Of Female Genital Mutilation Isn't In Jail
Dr. Raslan Fadl was sentenced to two years in prison after a girl died in his care. NPR found him working at a government hospital.
View ArticleUNICEF: 200 Million Women And Girls Have Suffered Genital Mutilation
Saturday is the U.N.'s "Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation." The Secretary-General is calling for an end to FGM, and UNICEF has released a report on the prevalence of the practice.
View ArticleUNICEF Estimate Of Female Genital Mutilation Up By 70 Million
And 60 million of the cases are in Indonesia, which was added to the survey for the first time — evidence that FGM goes far beyond Africa and the Middle East.
View ArticleCan A Bath Of Milk And Honey Replace Female Genital Mutilation?
The chief of the U.N. has called for a better way to mark the coming-of-age of girls. Some communities are paving the way with a new kind of ritual.
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Controversy Erupts In Russia Over Report On Female Genital Mutilation
It's the first systematic documentation of the practice in the republic of Dagestan. Reactions from a mufti, a priest and a rabbi have sparked a charged debate.
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What If 'Days Of Our Lives' Had A Female Genital Mutilation Subplot?
A new study tests an intriguing strategy. Can a melodramatic movie change minds about a dangerous but longstanding ritual?
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Study: A New Strategy To Stop Female Genital Mutilation
Efforts to stop the practice have focused on health risks. And yet it remains widespread. A new study may explain why.(Image credit: Tony Karumba /AFP/Getty Images)
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Female Genital Mutilation: What It Does To A Woman
The charges brought against two U.S. doctors for alleged female genital mutilation brought renewed attention to the ritual. We interview a World Health Organization specialist to learn more.(Image...
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A Promise To Her Newborn Daughter: No More Female Genital Mutilation
Jaha Dukureh is featured in the documentary "Jaha's Promise." She got Gambia to outlaw the practice. But could she convince her father?(Image credit: Courtesy of Jaha's Promise)
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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.(Image credit: Penguin Random House)
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Movement Against Female Genital Mutilation Gains Spotlight In U.K.
The U.K. tended to treat the issue as a practice from a foreign culture that did not demand attention. But it has become a central focus for police, doctors, and even the British prime minister.(Image...
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Photographers Capture The Sorrow And Pain Of Global Girls
For the International Day of the Girl Child, we wanted to bring to light issues that are often hidden from view. So we turned to five photographers who devote much of their time to girls' issues.(Image...
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A Rap Star And A Therapist Fight Female Genital Mutilation
They each were cut when they were young. As outspoken opponents of the practice, they're accused of going against their religion. (They're not.) And of being brainwashed by white women. (Also...
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