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FGM

since 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 17:38 UTC

auto-detected in 4 stories

5 months ago

'I thought it was normal day - then I was mutilated while my community watched': Peninah was 12 when she became a victim of FGM - now she reveals how it's still destroying women like her ○

found 2025 › Sep › 27 (Sat) @ 11:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Peninah, an anti-FGM campaigner living in Kenya, reveals how she was woken up and taken to a secluded place to undergo the horrific procedure.

6 months ago

One-month-old baby girl bleeds to death after being 'circumcised' as part of female genital mutilation procedure ○

found 2025 › Aug › 14 (Thu) @ 09:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The Gambia has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with 73 percent of women and girls aged 15 to 49 having undergone the procedure, according to 2024 figures from UNICEF.

7 months ago

‘The matter is in his hands alone’: president of Sierra Leone urged to ban FGM as court rules it tantamount to torture ○

found 2025 › Jul › 28 (Mon) @ 04:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Ecowas court of justice has ordered the West African country to criminalise female genital mutilation after hearing the case of a woman brutally forced to undergo the practice

As Kadijatu Balaima…

10 months ago

It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM ○

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Years of symbolic bans by traditional chiefs have done nothing to curb the harmful practice.

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