Yaiguéré Tembely is a celebrity in her hometown of Bandiagara, Mali. Even school children wandering the dusty red-clay streets know her by her nickname, Fifi. And where to find her. "Fifi's office is ...

“As a pre-established tradition … female circumcision was not introduced by the Prophet to the early Muslim community. Several sayings (hadith) of the Prophet indicate that it may have been the norm ...

The practice of excision is on the decline in Senegal, thanks to the mobilisation of victims and NGOs In Senegal, the law that penalises excision doesn't hold the weight it could hold, as local ...

With the recent arrest of Michigan emergency room doctor Jumana Nagarwala, it’s time to have "the talk." I’m not talking about that awkward discussion you had with your kids about the birds and the ...

June 11, 2011 — Reconstructive surgery appears to reduce pain and increase sexual pleasure in women who had undergone genital mutilation, according to results from the first large prospective cohort ...

In 2020, the United Nations estimated that more than 200 million girls worldwide had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This figure reflects only documented cases, and the actual prevalence is ...

This day spread awareness about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which is a violation of the human rights of girls and women. No doubt, it reflects inequality between the sexes and accounts for a form ...

Prisca Korein, a 62-year-old traditional surgeon, holds razor blades before carrying out female genital mutilation on teenage girls from the Sebei tribe in Bukwa district, about 357 kms (214 miles) ...