Women’s rights groups fear FGM is rife among Sudanese refugees in Chad
Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workers Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern...
Category : Female genital mutilation (FGM)
MPs in the Gambia vote to uphold ban on female genital mutilation
Campaigners applaud decision not to repeal law in west African country with one of the highest rates of FGM MPs in the Gambia voted on...
‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the Gambia not to decriminalise FGM
Repealing ban would mean return of ‘one of the most pernicious forms of violence committed against women and children’ A team of UN experts has...
Move to overturn FGM ban in the Gambia postponed
Committee will examine for at least three months a bill proposing repeal of ban on female genital mutilation A decision on whether to overturn a...
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals
Progress to prevent female genital mutilation needs to be ‘27 times faster’, says UN The number of girls and women who have undergone female genital...
Woman who handed over British girl, 3, for FGM in Kenya given seven years
Amina Noor travelled from north London with the child to Kenya where the procedure was carried out in 2006 A woman who was found guilty...
Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone
Children’s parents and those who performed the procedure are in police custody, according to local reports Police in Sierra Leone are investigating the deaths of...
Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM survivors in Kenya
Activists see the killing as a setback in the efforts to eliminate the practice, despite it being illegal in the east African country Efforts to...
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law
Women’s rights campaigners denounce ‘hugely regressive’ proposals from political and religious leaders to decriminalise practice Political and religious leaders in the Gambia are threatening to...
