Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Gambia moves toward overturning landmark ban on female genital cutting Lawmakers in the West African country voted to advance a bill repealing a 2015 ban. If it passes the final round of voting, Gambia will become the first nation to roll back protections against the...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Female genital mutilation: ‘Women circumcise little girls for men’ By Assiya HAMZA France 24 (06.02.2023) – In France, nearly 125,000 women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The fight against this practice has led to the creation of...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Female genital mutilation in Dagestan Призыв к партнерству: У нашей НПО есть проект по публикации статей о правах человека в России на английском и русском языках для охвата российских граждан. Организации, имеющие сайт, ориентированный на российское общество, могут...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Trial of female circumcision: a mother sentenced The court has decided: the law takes precedence over tradition. TV5 Monde (05.04.2022) – https://bit.ly/3xjxjFH – Jurors and magistrates have decided: the law takes precedence over tradition. In Le Mans, a...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Daughters of Somalia campaign to end female genital mutilation UN (04.02.2022) – https://bit.ly/3HyfvbZ – In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM. Despite the practice having...
