In 2020, the United Nations estimated that more than 200 million girls worldwide had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This figure reflects only documented cases, and the actual prevalence is ...

An estimated 230 million women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), which involves injury to the external genital organs for nonmedical reasons. According to the World Health ...

At a market in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, a community theater group uses performance to help raise awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM). A day to join a global movement to protect ...

When she was 2, Absa Samba underwent genital cutting – also known as female genital mutilation. "I do not have any memories of what happened to me that day, but I do remember it not being talked about ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

The UN Population Fund estimates that no fewer than 4.5 million girls are at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation in 2026 According to it, an estimated 230 million girls and women ...