An Egyptian-Italian woman who has become a community trainer to help steer her peers away from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women ...

The international community marked yet another Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), on February 6. ...

Female genital mutilation is excruciatingly painful and medically unnecessary. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice.

Emad Kaky, 48, had his sentenced increased to seven years’ imprisonment after the case was referred to the Court of Appeal.

FGM is widely recognized as a violation of girls' and women's human rights. It demonstrates fundamental gender inequality and is an extreme type of discrimination against girls and women.

A man who arranged a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure for a young girl has had his jail sentence increased. Emad ...

Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO ...

Annually, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is recognized on February 6. This year, this ...

Former Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida who has been appointed the UNPF's Global Champion for Women and Girls has vowed ...

Female Genital Mutilation causes about 44,000 deaths each year in more than a dozen countries. This is the grim revelation ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Enugu Field Office, has called on governments of the South East, donors and ...