Tag: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Ending female genital mutilation through collective action
With an estimated 19.9 million women and girls having undergone FGM, the country ranks third highest in the world for…
Lagos Assembly Speaker Meranda seeks to end female genital mutilation
Meranda made this appeal in a statement on Thursday to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital…
Kate Henshaw champions war against female circumcision
Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has urged women who she described as the “gatekeepers” of the harmful practice to desist…
Reps mull jail term, fine for female circumcision
He said female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, excision or genital cutting, comprises all procedures that involved partial…
UNFPA, others, seek more funding against Female Genital Mutilation
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and other stakeholders on Tuesday called for higher budgetary allocation for the implementation of legal…
2,000 victims of FGM diagnosed in Germany
A women’s rights group on Friday disclosed that over 2,000 women and girls in Germany were diagnosed and requiring treatment…
Gynecologist wants female genital mutilation curbed
Dr Sesan Oluwasola, a Gynecologist at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, on Thursday, urged the government to formulate laws…
Nigerian perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation face UK prosecution
Nigerian parents who still indulge in the practice of Female Genital Mutilation(FGM) should take note: they can now be prosecuted…
Somaliland bans female genital mutilation
Somaliland has issued a “fatwa”, or religious edict, banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), paving the way for the breakaway region…
Lagos firstlady seeks policy to eradicate FGM
The Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, has urged government at all levels to formulate the right policy…
2030: 86m girls to undergo genital mutilation – Midwives
Eighty-six million young girls may experience Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) globally by 2030, if actions are not taking to prevent…
UN chief calls for end to female genital mutilation
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to the practice of female genital mutilation, which he said…
Genital mutilation: Practice condemned in Cross River
Stakeholders in Cross River, on Tuesday, condemned the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in some parts of the state.
Mrs Aregbesola commended for standing against female circumcision
An NGO, Girl-child Right Awareness Initiative in Africa, has commended the wife of the governor of Osun, Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola,…
200 million girls and women living with Female Genital Mutilation – UNICEF
At least 200 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to female genital mutilation with half of those living…