Female Genital Mutilation

A dictator’s unexpected legacy

Article Momodou L. Jaiteh & Bhekisisa Team - 11 Apr 2019

Having banned female genital cutting, his ousting may have been good for democracy but bad for women’s bodies.

When police crashed her wedding, she was 8. Her soon-to-be husband was 67.

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jan 2019

Across the continent, women are helping to reimagine a sacred rite of passage in an effort to honour their cultures and spare their bodies.

Schoolgirls in this country face compulsory tests for pregnancy, genital mutilation

Article Rebecca Ratcliffe - 10 Jan 2019

Girls in Kenya’s Narok County will also be made to reveal the identities of babies’ fathers.

Uncut, unwed and cast out, but a better life awaited

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Jun 2016

In rural Kenya, a group of strong-willed women is giving traumatised young runaways a second chance at life.

Ghana’s formidable ‘queen mothers’ rise up

Africa Staff Reporter - 24 Feb 2016

Women chiefs are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s development, advocating for women's and children's rights.

Art takes the cake

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Apr 2012

An African rights body has called on a Swedish minister to resign over her role in an art event that highlighted female genital mutilation and racism.

Circumcisions haunt Kenya’s Maasai females

Article Otto Bakano - 5 Oct 2011

Some of the Kenya's Maasai young women are running away from of the age-old custom of circumcision, now frayed by health risks and new laws.

Afghanistan is most dangerous country for women

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jun 2011

Violence, dismal healthcare and brutal poverty make Afghanistan the world's most dangerous country for women.

Female genital mutilation practice still common in Egypt

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 18 Nov 2010

Abdul Rahman is trying to change 2 000 years of tradition to end the practice of female genital mutilation in Egypt.

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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