An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women have undergone FGM
LONDON (TrustLaw) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised in 28 countries in Africa, as well as in Yemen, Iraqi Kurdistan and Indonesia. It involves the total or partial removal of the external female genitalia and causes permanent physical and psychological damage.
An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). In Africa alone, it is thought 3 million girls undergo FGM every year.
Below is a list of stories on FGM.
From our correspondents
UN set to ban female genital cutting
FACTBOX: What is female genital mutilation?
"I was robbed of my life" - survivor of genital cutting
Mali singer pushes anti-female cutting message
Blog: The Maasai woman saving vaginas, one girl at a time
Treating FGM: a nurse's pioneering work in Britain
INTERVIEW-Somalia 'worst place to be a woman', says minister
Iraqi Kurdistan govt failing to enforce FGM law - HRW
Q&A: Somali model gives a voice to victims of female circumcision
How a Senegalese village stopped female genital mutilation
Mauritanian women want rights laws implemented - campaigners
Child brides face 'silent health emergency'-experts
Other relevant stories
Genital cutting tied to later abuse risk
German parliament defends circumcision after court ban
Maasai Elders Vow to Protect and Support the Rights of Women and Girls
ETHIOPIA: Pastoralists battling FGM
Multimedia
Fighting female mutilation among Kenya’s Maasai
Female genital mutilation in Burkino Faso
Female genital mutilation: Malians speak their mind
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