All posts tagged "genital mutilation"

  • razor
    Liberia bans female genital mutilation – but only for a year

    By Emma Batha | Thomson Reuters Foundation The ban makes it an offence to perform FGM on anyone under 18 but it can still be carried out on adults with their consent LONDON, Jan 25 – Liberia has...

    • Posted January 25, 2018
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  • wafrica
    First ladies vow to fight “barbaric” genital mutilation in W. Africa

    By Emma Batha ROME, Jan 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The first ladies of Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin promised on Monday to “end the scourge of female genital mutilation” (FGM) in their countries amid warnings the...

    • Posted January 30, 2017
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  • UNI LargeComp
    millions of girls still at risk: female genital mutilation

    Overwhelming opposition to female genital mutilation/cutting, yet millions of girls still at risk: UNICEF WASHINGTON, D.C.,  – A majority of people in most countries where female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is concentrated oppose the harmful practice, according to...

    • Posted December 23, 2013
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