AHA Foundation news on Female Genital Mutilation
September 15, 2017
Five months after a historic genital mutilation case surfaced in Detroit, two Minnesota mothers were charged Thursday with subjecting […]
September 14, 2017
Mariya Taher was seven when strangers forced her to the ground and cut her clitoral hood. She doesn’t […]
September 12, 2017
Police are targeting Eurostar terminals to protect children from female genital mutilation (FGM) as officers say they are […]
September 11, 2017
At least ten cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) were recorded by NHS bodies in Hertfordshire between April […]
September 9, 2017
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 …and of course we handed out Vulva cupcakes” is not […]
September 1, 2017
The Texas Senate has unanimously approved harsher penalties for female genital mutilation in the country’s second-largest state. The […]
August 28, 2017
It’s a hot and humid day, but the kids are buzzing. As they pile out of a coach […]
August 28, 2017
Earlier this year, a 7-year-old girl from Minnesota entered an examination room at a clinic just outside of […]
August 24, 2017
lmost all women aged 15 to 49 in the east African state of Somaliland have suffered female genital […]
August 24, 2017
Women from a small Muslim sect called the Dawoodi Bohras have reported that female genital mutilation has been […]
August 10, 2017
Asha Ali Ibrahim, 41, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in Diaami, Hargeisa and other […]
August 10, 2017
Maine’s legislature failed to protect little girls from a horrible mutilation practice, so the bill’s sponsor now is […]
August 10, 2017
The defense in Michigan’s historic genital mutilation case is demanding the government turn over “the most significant piece” […]
August 10, 2017
Where I am from, a girl is recognized by the following: Who is her father? Who is her […]