The practice of FGM is painful, harmful and incredibly dangerous in any form, but the most severe and debilitating type – infibulation – is so shocking, it's difficult to even read about. I travelled ...

These practices have been going on for centuries and are primarily inflicted upon young girls and women. For those unfamiliar with these terms and practices, we'll be shedding light on what they ...

While FGC is common in Africa, the practice is illegal in many Western countries. Flickr/tlupic Female genital cutting (FGC) – also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision – is ...

Female Genital Mutilaiton (FGM) is the practice of cutting away parts of the external female genitalia. It is ususally called female circumcison by those who practice it. The three broad categories of ...

A blade, a needle and a thread: the infibulation tools used by the Waredube people, a community living in southern Ethiopia's Oromyia region Simona Ghizzoni FLORENCE ...

Because some amorous Frenchman was also a tattletale, Henri Littière, baker & husband, was last week haled before a black-gowned judge of the Paris Correctional Court. A student of medieval life, ...

«Kimbidalé», d’Emmanuelle Labeau, est un documentaire, très dur par nature, mais traité avec dignité et optimisme, sur l’excision et l’infibulation en Ethiopie. Un combat initié par des femmes Afar ...

Dans notre série de lettres de journalistes africains, Zeinab Mohammed Salih examine un phénomène croissant de "re-excision" au Soudan. Certaines femmes au Soudan choisissent de subir une mutilation ...