Rate of female genital mutilation is 11 percent in Hewler and 4.9 percent in Raperîn

The report was released on World Day Against Female Genital Mutilation. Articles 19 and 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by the United Nations (UN) in 1989, do not allow fe...

Judge Dismisses Charges Tied To Historic Female Genital Mutilation Case

A judge dismissed a new batch of charges Tuesday in the government's investigation of genital mutilation against girls in a Muslim sect.

Judge throws out historic female genital mutilation case, calls feds 'vindictive'

This Kenyan Activist Said No to ‘the Cut’

In her memoir, “The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree,” Nice Leng’ete tells the story of her courageous fight against female genital mutilation.