by admin_HRWF | Feb 23, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Nazia Parveen and Aamna Mohdin WUNRN (18.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/2ZHWzDu – Safeguarding policies introduced to protect women and girls against female genital mutilation (FGM) are instead eroding trust and alienating African diaspora...
by admin_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 admin_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...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 18, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The European Parliament has approved a common resolution on a strategy to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) around the world, tabled by six political groups. ECR Group (12.02.2020) – https://bit.ly/39KtgTQ – Speaking after the...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 23, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Three people charged with female genital mutilation offences against two primary school-aged sisters could face further punishment after the High Court ruled the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal erred in quashing their convictions. Warning: This story...
