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‘Step Up the Pace’ and end female genital mutilation, UN says

·February 7, 2025·1 min read

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving the partial or total removal of female external genitalia or other injuries to female genital organs for non-medical reasons, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “More than 230 million girls and women alive today are survivors of this abhorrent practice,” said...

‘The new generation is different’: In Djibouti, activists lobby to end female genital mutilation

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·February 6, 2025·6 min read

“I’m afraid of men, of everyone, of everything,” she told the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA). FGM, a practice that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons, is internationally recognised as a violation of fundamental human rights. It is a global issue, reported in...

The inspiring female engineer breathing new life into Yemen’s ancient capital

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·December 30, 2024·3 min read

“There is a common language between me and the buildings. In every house I try to preserve. I feel that the city is grateful to me, and I am grateful to the city because it has taught me a lot”, says Yemeni engineer Harbia Al-Himiary, describing her relationship with the...

INTERVIEW: ‘Every other young girl you see in The Gambia has undergone female genital mutilation’

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·March 11, 2023·4 min read

Ndeye Rose Sarr When a girl starts to menstruate, that’s when the problems usually start. From the age of 10, she begins to be looked at as a potential bride for an older man. And if she has not yet undergone FGM, there will be those in her community...

Around 4.2 million girls at risk for Female Genital Mutilation says Guterres, stressing men must also speak out

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·February 6, 2023·3 min read

António Guterres said that the practice of genital cutting, prevalent in some cultures for more than a thousand years, causes lifelong damage to both the physical and mental health of women and girls. ‘Vicious manifestation of the patriarchy’ “It is one of the most vicious manifestations of the patriarchy that...