For those unfamiliar with these terms and practices, we'll be shedding light on what they entail, the regions where they are practised, the reasons behind this, and the severe long-term health ...

Editor's note: Given the subject this story explores, the discussion includes some explicit language. Two sisters from a remote pastoral village in Puntland State, Somalia, died on Sept. 11 of ...

The practice of FGM is painful, harmful and incredibly dangerous in any form, but the most severe and debilitating type – infibulation – is so shocking, it's difficult to even read about. I travelled ...