Maasai girls are taking up martial arts to protect themselves from sexual abuse and violence stemming from early marriage ...

A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.

By the MGM BillâÄôs definition, genital mutilation doesnâÄôt occur merely in the derogatorily uncivilized form it is generally thought of, but in the much more socially acceptable form of religious ...

Practice of Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) has reduced by over 80% in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State but for those who have adopted other methods. Chief Mobilization Officer ...

A judge has continued to block President Donald Trump's plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide ...

I am worth defending!” a group of girls chant as they each take up a fighting stance.They are about to practice combat techniques. And no, th ...

For Fatou Baldeh, the past year was critical in the fight to end female genital mutilation. A survivor and the founder of the organization Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL), Baldeh, 41, is a ...

A leading women's rights campaigner has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of just seven in her home country of The Gambia. Fatou Baldeh ...

Although Kenyan law prohibits genital mutilation and marriage below age ... they will be confident and say what they mean,” says Lepishoi. The self-defense classes also offer some protection ...