According to the letter, the politician allegedly stated in the Kalenjin dialect that Chelel was unfit to contest the Rongai parliamentary seat unless...
In parts of rural and hard-to-reach Uganda, female genital mutilation remains a serious human rights violation and public health concern. For girls in...
As more countries move to ban FGM/C, cross-border procedures may also rise. East Africa offers a warning: the practice has become common in border are...
FGM affects over 230 million girls and women alive today, with global treatment costs estimated at least USD1.4 billion (about Sh180.6 billion) annual...
More than 230 million girls and women have been subjected to FGM and are living with the deep, lasting and often life-threatening physical and mental...
The ceremony brought together approximately 5,000 delegates from minority and marginalised communities, including the Ndorobo, Ogiek, Dasenach, Njemps...
Antenatal clinic attendance in Kenya has dropped from 98 per cent to 62 per cent in four years, fuelling preventable maternal complications, newborn d...
NGEC says the statistics reflect a broader national crisis that leaves millions of women and girls vulnerable to abuse.
Kenya’s human rights commission reports forced return of Turkish asylum seekers, clashes in Kakuma, non-compliance in Ogiek land rulings and child rig...
Our study estimates that it causes approximately 44,000 deaths each year across the 15 countries we examined. That is equivalent to a young woman or g...
The anti-FGM crusader has transformed her traumatic experience into a beacon of hope for her community.
In Kenya alone, around 17,500 people are trafficked each year, with about half of them being children.
Madina hopes one day she will get the medical intervention necessary to understand and possibly rectify her condition.
Extra precautions are taken in such cases to ensure the safety of both mother and child, aiming to prevent excessive bleeding and complications.
FGM is predominantly performed on young girls between infancy and age 15, violating their human rights and perpetuating harmful gender norms and inequ...
If it succeeds, the Gambia, a small West African nation of fewer than 3 million people, would be the first country in the world to make FGM legal agai...
She stressed the need for State, non-state actors and organisations to collaborate in sensitisation of the local communities on the harmful effects of...
Musango ordered chiefs to have parents and guardians who subject their daughters to the cut arrested and prosecuted for the offence which has a devast...
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
The women from Ngaremara, Burat, Bulapesa, and Wabera wards were also trained on how they could push for the implementation of county policies for eli...
Through soccer, Hawaa is inspiring many girls to reject FGM and take pride in remaining the way they were born, a campaign that has so far saved over...
If National Assembly proceeds to adopt Women's (Amendment) Bill 2024 during its upcoming session, Gambia would become the first country to reverse suc...
FGM, which remains a major impediment to girls' access to education, causes bleeding, infections, complications during childbirth, and an increased ri...
She also urged the government to outline measures to sustain the progress achieved through the campaign beyond 2022.
Communities that practice FGM consider it as a way to prepare girls for adulthood and marriage with those who have not undergone the cut faced with re...
Amina was born in Somalia but moved to Kenya at the age of 8 during the civil war.
FGM is recognised internationally as a violation of human rights, health and integrity of girls and women.
The United Nations identifies FGM as "an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls.”
The artists' commitment to using art as a powerful tool for empowerment and awareness is gradually transforming cultural norms surrounding FGM in the...
