The Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) exists – according to its own mission statement – to print rigorous academic work that ...

In 2016, a collaboration between York University and the think tank King’s Fund published a report into the estimated costs ...

Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female ...

There will be more victims’ - Efforts to tackle female genital mutilation have been hit, but the Foreign, Commonwealth and ...

I did not escape FGM, nor did anyone else in my community. I cannot keep quiet as girls in Alaska suffer the same fate.

Similarly, the authors of the new FGM article are apparently looking for the silver lining. Some genital modifications enhance group identity, they say, and a sense of community belonging. And as with ...

Ten years back at the United Nations General Assembly, all world leaders promised to eliminate harmful practice of female ...

The bodies of African and racialised girls are repeatedly treated as exceptional - available for debate, qualification, and ...

Liberia has seen a troubling resurgence of female genital mutilation (FGM). New footage revealed that 502 girls and young ...

A violation of the rights of girls and women, female genital mutilation is a cruel and unnecessary practice. UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund run the largest global program to eliminate ...

Protesters hold placards outside the National Assembly in Banjul on March 18, 2024, during the debate between lawmakers on a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban on FGM. Gambian lawmakers ...

The number of women and girls at risk of FGM is rising in the U.S. — -- When “Sarah” first told her story, she did not want to show her face or give her real name. The American-born woman ...