Even more than two decades later, Harry Reid is haunted by the video an activist told him to watch. Men grabbed a little girl in a white dress at a celebration in Egypt, then spread her legs and ...

A group of 19 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a declaration ...

Friday, in Sacramento, Calif., a group of detransitioners, parents, and allies gathered at the state capitol building in honor of Detrans Awareness Day. They came together to raise awareness about the ...

More than 125 million women and girls in Africa and the Middle East have suffered from genital cutting and other types of mutilation, UNICEF said this week in the most comprehensive and quantitative ...

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Leading United Nations and humanitarian organizations have called for an end to female genital mutilation, a traditional practice that causes physical harm and extreme emotional trauma to tens of ...

The United Nations disclosed a stunning figure this month: The number of females whose genitals have been scraped, pricked, or sliced off their young bodies has been underestimated—by seventy million.

DETROIT — A federal judge dismissed some charges Tuesday against eight people — including two doctors — in the genital mutilation of nine girls at a suburban Detroit clinic, finding it's up to states ...

Errekunda, Gambia — Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, or FGM, which would make the West African nation the first country ...

Despite Kenya banning female genital mutilation in 2011, the tradition of circumcising girls has continued in some ethnic communities. President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to end FGM by 2023, but activists ...

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The rate of girls under the age of 14 who undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa has seen a “huge and significant decline” over nearly three decades, according to a new analysis. The study, ...