Reports of the 2800 young girls in Kenya who have been forced to undergo female genital mutilation over the last few weeks serve as another reminder of the prevalence of this horrifying practice. Once again, […]
Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the procedure or ‘ritual’ which involves the cutting or removal of all or some of the external female genitalia. FGM is practised worldwide, most common in Africa, Asia and the […]
Is it possible to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030?
It is estimated that female genital mutilation has affected over two hundred million girls and women across thirty-one countries. There are three million global cases a year. Despite this, a new report has stated that […]
FGM in the UK: A Silent Crime
In 2003, laws concerning female genital mutilation (FGM) were updated, making it a specific offense in UK law to not only conduct FGM but also to aid or assist in someone else performing it. This […]
Student pauses degree to launch FGM charity
A university student has taken a year out of her degree to successfully launch a charity in Leeds. Bethel Tadesse is originally from Leeds but studies at Northampton University. While students often take time between […]
FGM: a gross violation of human rights
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is often synonymous with female genital circumcision, but the latter label is misleading and only serves to soften the barbarity of FGM. While the general topic of circumcision does generate its […]
Books | Sex and the Citadel – Reconsidering attitudes towards sexuality in the Arab world
The Middle East is present in media outlets everyday yet, in the West, sexuality in Arab culture is still only tentatively discussed. The difficult subject matter is made accessible to all readers as Shereen El […]
Comment | An End to FGM
The issue of female sexuality has long been a taboo subject, and still is to a certain extent, even in our seemingly liberal society. A recent study by Barbara Bartlik of Cornell University has even […]