Citizens often turn to the European Parliament to ask how the European Union deals with gender equality. Gender equality is a core value of the European Union (EU) and a fundamental right under EU law ...

Siddharth Lutha, appearing for the petitioners opposing female genital mutilation, told the bench that the practice is done ...

A judge ruled that the woman should not be deported there, so the Trump administration sent her to Ghana — which returned her ...

(FGM/C) affects more than 230 million females of all ages worldwide, including an estimated 58 000 in Canada1 The World ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation.... Female genital mutilation is illegal in The Gambia. But ...

Ghana has come under international attention following claims that some West African migrants deported from the United States ...

Legal protections are failing to protect girls in Africa from child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), report warns ...

In Uganda, FGM is prohibited, the Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2010 criminalises all forms of FGM and offenders may face up to 10 years' imprisonment upon conviction.

Merck Foundation ( the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, in partnership with the First Ladies of Africa, announced the ...

A total of 1,036 girls living in Luxembourg are at risk of undergoing FGM, Unicef also estimates. Heber said these children are at risk of the procedure mostly when travelling abroad, rather than in ...

Two girls removed from another country amid claims they could be at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are to remain with their mother in Northern Ireland, the High Court has confirmed. The woman ...