Sierra Leoneans halt genital mutilation amid Ebola fears: UK Minister Emma Batha Reuters, Mar. 20, 2015 Also available on the Reuters website LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa appears to have brought the … Read More
The dangers of a traditional circumcision iAfrica, Mar. 16, 2015 Also available on the iAfrica website Credit: Flickr James Burton Following the successful transplant of a penis in South Africa after a botched circumcision, focus has now shone on … Read More
More Evidence That Circumcision is Lowering African HIV Rates AIDSmeds News, Mar. 2, 2015 Also available on the AIDSmeds website The expansion of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Rakai, Uganda, is substantially reducing the rate of new cases of … Read More
Licensed doctors perform 76% of Egypt’s FGM: Health Ministry Hanan Fayed The Cairo Post, Mar. 2, 2015 Also available on the Cairo Post website CAIRO: Some 76 percent of girls undergo female genital mutilation at the hands of licensed doctors, … Read More
RNP Circumcision Drive Continues In Southern Province News of Rwanda, Mar. 1, 2015 Also available on the News of Rwanda website Members of the District Administrative Security Support Organ (DASSO), Community Policing Committees (CPCs) and police officers operating in Nyanza … Read More
Good News: How FGM Practices are Changing Among the Masai Chelsea White Global Citizen, Feb. 27, 2015 Also available on the Global Citizen website What kind of things did you bargain for when you were seven? When I was seven … Read More
“Circumcised boys not allowed in this school” Sila Koskei Standard Digital News, Feb. 27, 2015 Available on the Standard Digital News website Cengalo Primary School Headmaster Leboo Ngiroi. [PHOTO: ELIUD KIPSANG] Uasin Gishu, Kenya: Circumcision is considered a mandatory cultural … Read More
FGM Remain Rampant in Some Kenyan Communities by Mohammed Yusuf Voice of America News, Feb. 26, 2015 Also available (with video) on the Voice of America website KEHANCHA, KENYA—Each February, the United Nations holds the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female … Read More
Nigeria: FGM – Any End to a Needless Practice? Chioma Obinna Vanguard, Feb. 24, 2015 Also available on the allAfrica website If Chiamaka Agwu had a choice about whether or not to be circumcised 40 years ago, certainly, she would … Read More
Female Genital Mutilation: the power of education Jacqui Agate East London Lines, Feb. 21, 2015 Also available on the East London Lines website One summer’s day in the 1980’s was special for Hoda Ali. When she awoke, in the small … Read More