A couple have had their convictions (FGM) of their one-year-old daughter, which were quashed after they spent two years in ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics hasn’t taken a definitive stance on male circumcision, saying parents should weigh risks, ...

Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maada Bio, who denies supporting the practice ...

A decade ago, a Denver Health doctor noticed that a number of patients to the human rights clinic were survivors of female ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The UNICEF logo is seen at the German UNICEF headquarters in Cologne, Germany, on Feb. 5, 2008. Over 230 million women and ...

New expert evidence led the Court of Appeal to formally recognise a miscarriage of justice.

Female circumcision, which is practiced in more than 30 countries and affects 2 million girls each year, could cause infertility. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Colombia has passed the first legislation in Latin America to outlaw female genital mutilation. But barriers remain.

BOGOT – Colombia’s Senate approved a law Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice ...

DETROIT — A Michigan doctor may be the only physician on trial on charges of performing female genital mutilation on minor girls in the U.S., but she wasn't the only doctor who was cutting children, ...

Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children's agency. In the last ...