female genital mutilation

Women

A Question of Honor

Katharine Quarmby / Truthdig May 21, 2019 Police response is out of sync with a sharp rise in so-called honor-based violence against women in the U.K. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Number of Victims of Female Genital Mutilation Is 70 Million Higher Than Thought

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Feb 6, 2016 UNICEF reveals that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone ritual cutting, half of them living in just three countries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Britain’s First Female Genital Mutilation Trial Provokes National Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Livelihoods: The Business of Cutting in Kenya

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Kenyan tribal economics requires that the pleasure-giving parts of female genitalia be removed for families to exchange property or money during marriage. The Guardian speaks to one of the procedure's practitioners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egypt Bans Female Genital Mutilation

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2007 Female genital mutilation, known euphemistically as "female circumcision," has been banned completely in Egypt following the death of a girl. Although a soft ban has been in place for 10 years, some studies estimate that 90 percent of Egyptian women have had the procedure. Government and religious leaders have joined in condemning the practice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )