International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

More than two infants in Western Australia are genitally mutilated every month, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for the state has said.

Only one quarter of northern Somali girls under the age of 15 have suffered female genital mutilation (FGM), new data from Unicef shows - demonstrating a significant reduction in the country's FGM occurrence rates, which was previously seen practised al

A forum in Koforidua, Ghana has drawn attention to the close relationship between maternal and newborn mortality - suggesting that they be provided for "through a continuum of care approach".

MEPs were called on to ratify and enforce policies regarding forms of violence against women, including female genital mutilation (FGM), at a hearing hosted by Romania's Social Democratic Party on April 10th.

Kenyan women from rural areas are at higher risk of exposure to sexual and reproductive health risks than their urban counterparts, a disparity identified by the Forum of African Women Educationalists (FAWE) as demonstrative of inadequate awareness and poor standards of education.

Gathering at a summit in Canberra yesterday (April 9th), Australian state and territory governments signed a National Compact to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Police in the UK are reviewing evidence in hundreds of potential female genital mutilation (FGM) cases.

Legal experts are already reexamining six historic incidents in a bid to bring the UK's first FGM prosecution.

Some Maasai communities in Kenya are beginning to turn their backs on the traditional practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) as more young girls learn about the dangers of it in state education.

Gambia could be free from female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2020, one of the country's leading campaigners has said.

A doctor who has been monitoring female genital mutilation (FGM) in Cameroon has been speaking about the dehumanising effects and health hazards of the practice.