UNFPA, WHO condemn medicalisation of female genital mutilation, issue joint statement

Oct 09, 2025

In 2024, over 230 million women and girls globally had undergone FGM, with 80 million of them living in Asia. Alarmingly, around 1 in...

UN agencies urge Somalia to pass law prohibiting female genital mutilation practice

Feb 06, 2021

Mogadishu [Somalia], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Two UN agencies on Saturday called on the Somali government to commit to ending female genital mutilation (FGM) by...

Merck Foundation Our Africa TV Program - Sixth Episode to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Apr 20, 2023

Accra [Ghana]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany has launched the Sixth Episode of...

Merck Foundation "Our Africa" TV Program Marks International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM 2024

Feb 06, 2024

Bujumbura [Burundi]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 6: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, together with African First Ladies, marks the International...

Pakistani girls from Dawoodi Bohra community continue to grapple with secretive practice of FGM: Report

Jan 01, 2025

The FGM is often performed in private homes by older women using unsterilised tools and without anaesthesia, or by medical professionals in urban centres...

Gambia parliament votes to reverse its landmark ban on Female Genital Mutilation

Mar 19, 2024

Politicians in the West African nation's parliament voted 42 to four to advance the controversial bill, which would repeal a landmark 2015 ban on...