by HRWF | May 26, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Emma Batha Thomson Reuters Foundation (18.05.2020) – https://reut.rs/2LVFgrI – Somalia’s coronavirus lockdown has led to a huge increase in female genital mutilation (FGM), with circumcisers going door to door offering to cut girls stuck at home...
by HRWF | May 12, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed the landmark move by Sudan’s transitional government this week to criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), with a three-year jail sentence for offenders. UN News (02.05.2020) –...
by HRWF | Mar 23, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
End FGM European Network (17.03.2020) – https://bit.ly/3afJQvc – Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C) is happening in far more countries around the world than widely acknowledged, and the number of women and girls who are affected is being woefully...
