Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is considered by the UN to be a ‘global concern’. International organisations routinely claim a 98% prevalence rate among the Somali population (UNICEF 2013). As a ...

Somali families feel "stigmatised" by female genital mutilation (FGM) safeguarding practices, a university report has found. Those who took part in the Bristol study cited "intrusive and traumatic ...

It is thought that around 98 per cent of girls aged between zero and 13 in Somalia undergo FGM each year. Ireland legislated to ban FGM in 2012. After speaking in the European Parliament ...

Somalia, Guinea and Djibouti have the highest levels of FGM in the world, where the 90 per cent of the countries’ adult female population have been mutilated in some form, the Unicef study said.

An estimated 230 million girls and women alive today are believed to have been subjected to some form of female genital mutilation - yet it rarely ever makes the news ...

Ifrah was born in Somalia, and fled the outbreak of war in 2006 at the age of 17. She escaped traffickers and was granted asylum in Ireland. Since settling in Ireland, she has devoted her life to ...

Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital ...

The progress we have made is undeniable, but so is the urgency. We are just five years away from 2030, the global deadline to end FGM. Every day that passes means more girls are at risk.

In Kenya, FGM is most prevalent among certain ethnic communities, including the Somali, Maasai, Samburu, Kuria, and Kisii. According to data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS ...