FGM in the News

07/08/2018 Somalia is prosecuting female genital mutilation (FGM) for the first time in the nation’s history

Somalia is prosecuting female genital mutilation (FGM) for the first time in the nation’s history after a 10-year-old girl died from the procedure last week.

03/08/2018 Take Steps to Eliminate FGM

The National Working Group against Female Genital Mutilation (NAWOGAFGM), says now is the time for state actors to take positive steps at eliminating the practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision.

03/08/2018 In India's Dawoodi Bohra community, there's a growing debate about FGM

According to a recent UNICEF report, more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to some form of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C).

02/08/2018 35 pupils turn school into their home to evade the cut

Some of the 35 girls at Tangulbei Primary school in Tiaty sub-county who have been forced to stay at the school to evade Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as other pupils break for August holiday.

02/08/2018 Activists see ray of hope as supreme court considers health hazards of female genital mutilation

Activists seeking a complete ban on Female Genital Mutilation or ‘khafd’ say they are happy that the Supreme Court is looking at the practice not as an essential ritual of Islam but as a health hazard.

02/08/2018 I escaped FGM, now I fight it in my community

Ruth Jepchumba Kilimo, the co-founder of the Marakwet Girls’ Foundation which aims at campaigning against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

01/08/2018 FGM travel ban ‘keeping family apart for 16 years’

A travel ban imposed for 15 years on a child because of concerns that she was at risk of being taken abroad for female genital mutilation is to be challenged in the Court of Appeal.

01/08/2018 Female Genital Mutilation Violates Constitutional Rights: Supreme Court

The Centre had in April told the court that the practice of female genital mutilation is a "crime under existing laws" and had urged it to "step in and issue directions" on the issue.

31/07/2018 SC to decide legality of female genital mutilation

The Supreme Court on Monday said its decision on legality of the religious custom of FGM will be applicable not only to Bohra Muslims but also all communities with such practices as it clearly indicated its disapproval of the rite.

31/07/2018 Death of 10-year-old girl prompts first FGM prosecution in Somalia's history

Campaigners say investigation into case of girl who bled to death marks a ‘defining moment’ for country.