A recent article in the BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics—presented as a reflection on the unintended consequences of anti-FGM policies—has reignited debate about how the global campaign to end female ...

Religious traditionalists are challenging The Gambia’s 2015 ban on female genital mutilation through the Supreme Court, arguing that the practice is a deeply rooted cultural and religious tradition.

Many years ago, during my training to become a doctor, I worked in the obstetrics and gynaecology department of a busy east London hospital. The area served a large Muslim population. And that ...

Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya.

FGM is not an African issue, just as rape is not a cultural trait - Reuters/Malick Njie The Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) exists – according to its own mission statement – to print rigorous academic ...

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Across the globe, girls struggle with access to education, proper nutrition, legal rights and much more. And the most unfortunate among them become victims of one of the most brutal practices ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

She wasn’t sick. She wasn’t in danger. She was born a girl, and that was enough. In parts of the world today, being a girl still comes with one of the most brutal rites imaginable: Female genital ...