by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
After years of unsuccessfully campaigning for an anti-FGM law in Mali, rights groups file complaint at the ECOWAS court By Nita Bhalia Thomson Reuters Foundation (12.04.2021) – https://tmsnrt.rs/32W4j6l – Mali’s failure to outlaw female...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Most of the 28 countries in Africa where FGM is endemic have banned FGM, although enforcement is generally weak By Menna A. Farouk Thomson Reuters Foundation (26.04.2021) – https://tmsnrt.rs/2R3Bl1K – Egypt has toughened penalties for female...
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...
