AHA Foundation news on Female Genital Mutilation


September 15, 2017

Feds: Moms, charged in genital cutting case, gave doctor blessing to cut daughters – USA Today

Five months after a historic genital mutilation case surfaced in Detroit, two Minnesota mothers were charged Thursday with subjecting […]
September 14, 2017

FGM survivor speaks of night she was forcefully cut as she fights for end to brutal procedure – Metro UK

Mariya Taher was seven when strangers forced her to the ground and cut her clitoral hood. She doesn’t […]
September 12, 2017

Police are ‘determined’ to bring country’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation as they launch campaign to protect children coming from abroad – Daily Mail

Police are targeting Eurostar terminals to protect children from female genital mutilation (FGM) as officers say they are […]
September 11, 2017

Hertfordshire NHS records 10 cases of female genital mutilation – Hertfordshire Mercury

At least ten cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) were recorded by NHS bodies in Hertfordshire between April […]
September 9, 2017

My Mother Still Thinks FGM Was Good for Me – Elle

After Sophia* was cut, her legs were fastened together and she was told not to move. In her […]
September 9, 2017

“FGM is violence, child abuse and sexual assault” – The London Economic

“FGM is violence, child abuse and sexual assault  …and of course we handed out Vulva cupcakes” is not […]
September 1, 2017

Female Genital Mutilation Bill Flies Through Texas Senate – USNews

The Texas Senate has unanimously approved harsher penalties for female genital mutilation in the country’s second-largest state. The […]
August 28, 2017

A Day Camp That Teaches Kids In The U.S. About Female Genital Mutilation – NPR

It’s a hot and humid day, but the kids are buzzing. As they pile out of a coach […]
August 28, 2017

Cutting Young Girls Isn’t Religious Freedom – The Wall Street Journal

Earlier this year, a 7-year-old girl from Minnesota entered an examination room at a clinic just outside of […]
August 24, 2017

The curse of blades and powders: FGM in Somaliland – in pictures – The Guardian

lmost all women aged 15 to 49 in the east African state of Somaliland have suffered female genital […]
August 24, 2017

Women in small Muslim sect say they have had FGM in Canada – The Star

Women from a small Muslim sect called the Dawoodi Bohras have reported that female genital mutilation has been […]
August 10, 2017

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season” – UNFPA

Asha Ali Ibrahim, 41, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in Diaami, Hargeisa and other […]
August 10, 2017

Maine turns blind eye to child abuse – One News Now

Maine’s legislature failed to protect little girls from a horrible mutilation practice, so the bill’s sponsor now is […]
August 10, 2017

Defendants demand proof: Show us photos of alleged victims’ genitalia – Detroit Free Press

The defense in Michigan’s historic genital mutilation case is demanding the government turn over “the most significant piece” […]
August 10, 2017

I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation and I’m changing the world because of it – Sanctuary for Families

Where I am from, a girl is recognized by the following: Who is her father? Who is her […]