female genital mutilation

Activist and survivor Fatou Baldeh on fighting to eradicate female genital mutilation

A leading women's rights campaigner has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of just seven in her home country of The Gambia.…

2 months ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

COVID-19 pandemic: Nigeria extends flight ban by four weeks, IMF disburses $3.4bn emergency loan to Nigeria and more

Here is why you should pick up a copy of The Guardian on Thursday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on the newsstands on…

5 years ago

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Osun’s Fight Against FGM (Part 1)

FGM is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as ‘all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for…

7 years ago

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Osun’s Fight Against FGM (Part 2)

Earlier in their marriage, sex was a battleground and she found it difficult to be intimate. It wasn’t enjoyable for her and it really hurt. Their husbands couldn’t understand it and they…

7 years ago

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Osun’s Fight Against FGM (Part 3)

Costly Aderibigbe is one of the estimated 20 million women and girls that have undergone female genital mutilation and cutting (FGMC) in Nigeria. As of 2016, 2017 the number of women who…

7 years ago

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The fight against female genital mutilation

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a day to remind the world of the cruel, inhuman and degrading practice that deprives #girls and #women their rights…

7 years ago

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