‘Why didn’t my mother prevent it?’: healing the generational trauma of FGM
Art and counselling are helping women and girls in Kenya to process anger and forgive family members, who are often the ones who subjected them to genital mutilation
MPs in the Gambia vote to uphold ban on female genital mutilation
Campaigners applaud decision not to repeal law in west African country with one of the highest rates of FGM
Opinion
Sierra Leone has banned child marriage – to truly set women free it must end FGM
Josephine Kamara
Marrying young girls may now be illegal, but lawmakers seem reluctant to put a stop to genital cutting, and the two go hand in hand
April 2024
‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the Gambia not to decriminalise FGM
Repealing ban would mean return of ‘one of the most pernicious forms of violence committed against women and children’
‘Honour-based’ abuse in England increases 60% in two years
Global political influence may make assault and forced marriage more frequent and severe, say experts
Trainee FGM ‘cutter’ who fled the Gambia fights renewed risk to girls
Maimouna Jawo launches online campaign from UK after Gambian move to rescind female genital mutilation ban
March 2024
The Guardian view on global women’s rights: Saudi Arabia isn’t the only problem
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The Gambia: FGM supporters march to overturn ban – video
Move to overturn FGM ban in the Gambia postponed
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals
February 2024
Woman who handed over British girl, 3, for FGM in Kenya given seven years
Amina Noor travelled from north London with the child to Kenya where the procedure was carried out in 2006
Anti-FGM caravan embarks on 7,400-mile campaign to end cutting in Africa
Activists will cross the continent visiting areas where the practice is prevalent to revive progress in protecting women and girls
Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone
Children’s parents and those who performed the procedure are in police custody, according to local reports
December 2023
Rights and freedom
‘No doctor in the country will touch you’: how the NHS is failing FGM survivors
Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM survivors in Kenya
November 2023
‘I felt extreme anger’: the FGM survivor ending abuse and giving a voice to girls in Senegal
Woppa Diallo’s work to end FGM and keep girls in school has saved many from being cut like she was. Now, she and her husband have won the Caine prize for their book based on her experiences
October 2023
Woman convicted of taking British girl, three, for female genital mutilation in Kenya
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law
May 2023
And, cut! What it was like being circumcised in my 60s
When my doctor said the operation could help a medical condition, it led me to wonder about the history of this ancient procedure
January 2023
Other lives
Frances Foord obituary
Other lives: Midwife who spent 26 years in the Gambia before focusing on postnatal care in London
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