Leveraging Ebola to Tackle FGM
The outbreak of Ebola that started just over two years ago in Guinea killed more than 11,000, mostly in West Africa, and spurred fears of a deadly global pandemic. It also seems to have led to surprising progress in the…
Senegal Curbs a Bloody Rite for Girls and Women
SARE HAROUNA, Senegal — When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain. [+info]
Africa’s New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs
Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation by reaching out to the men in charge. [+info]
Nigeria’s bill targeting FGM is a positive step, but must be backed by investment
A gender violence law seeking to ban female genital mutilation must be supported by efforts to tackle the attitudes that underpin abuses against women. [+info]
Nigeria’s female genital mutilation ban is important precedent, say campaigners
As the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, bans FGM in one of his final acts, groups look to the last African nations who have not yet made it illegal [+info]
In Burkina Faso, an Anti-FGM/C Law May Have Prevented over 200,000 Girls from Being Cut
Despite a global ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and extensive advocacy campaigns and grassroots efforts to eradicate the practice, more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut, and in a few countries, FGM/C rates are on the rise. In others,…
The Gambia bans female genital mutilation
The Gambia has announced it will ban female genital mutilation (FGM) after the Guardian launched a global campaign to end the practice. [+info]
