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Over 4.5 million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation in 2026
10 Feb 2026 13:21 GMT
… , are still at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in 2026, United Nations … Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on 5 February 2026 … , the Director-General of the World Health Organization, and the Director-General of …
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Breaking the Silence Around Female Genital Mutilation
07 Feb 2026 09:59 GMT
… Questions Answered
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 230 … , or cauterizing.
Complications of Female Genital Mutilation:
WHO enlists immediate as well … It is well recognised that female genital mutilation (FGM) poses serious health …
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Desert Flower: Waris Dirie and the Fight to End Female Genital Mutilation
06 Feb 2026 22:24 GMT
… across 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation, though the true figure is … her community, was subjected to female genital mutilation at just five years old … –15 had undergone FGM.
The World Health Organization classifies the practice as a …
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Clinicians Urged to Screen for Female Genital Mutilation
06 Jan 2026 09:41 GMT
… million women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), which involves injury to … nonmedical reasons. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), these practices are performed …
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Donald Trump aide blasts calls to ALLOW female genital mutilation in Britain
27 Dec 2025 18:21 GMT
… journal's defence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK, warning … recently published a defence of female genital mutilation, something we never thought we … defended FGM | GB NEWS
The World Health Organisation condemns the procedure, in addition …
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Instead of declining, rates of female genital mutilation/ cutting rose by 15% in 8 years
16 Dec 2025 15:54 GMT
… gruesome and shocking practices like female genital mutilation/ cutting. After … agency – the World Health Organization (WHO), the practice of female genital mutilation/ … medicalisation in all forms. Female genital mutilation/ cutting compromises …
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SC issues notice to Centre on PIL seeking ban on female genital mutilation among Muslims
29 Nov 2025 12:00 GMT
… to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision practised … It is submitted that the World Health Organisation has classified FGM as a … unhygienic conditions.
According to the World Health Organisation, it often leads to repeated …
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Supreme Court to hear plea seeking ban on Female Genital Mutilation
29 Nov 2025 10:54 GMT
… plea seeking a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision, a … Welfare Society emphasized that the World Health Organization classifies FGM as a gross …
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Reply On Plea To Ban Female Genital Mutilation
29 Nov 2025 07:08 GMT
The petition cites the World Health Organisation’s classification of FGM as a procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons, resulting in immediate and long-term health complications including severe …
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Plea to ban female genital mutilation: SC seeks Centre’s response
29 Nov 2025 02:59 GMT
… to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing … . It is submitted that the World Health Organisation has classified FGM as a …