It's estimated that 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM, according to the United Nations (UN). Although primarily concentrated in 30 countries in Africa and the ...

In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital ...

The practice — which is widely known as female genital mutilation (FGM) — can involve removing part of the clitoris and labia minora and, in the most extreme cases, sealing the vaginal opening.

The deaths of three girls have reinvigorated efforts to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone, where the practice is still widespread despite global efforts to eradicate it.

FGM-108 is under clinical development by FutureGen Biopharm Technology and currently in Phase II for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.

The high prevalence of child marriages in Meru County is closely linked to the persistent practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which continues unabated despite efforts to eradicate it.