Traditional leaders have been called upon to champion the protection of women’s rights and eliminate harmful cultural practices ...

Boston Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are under investigation.

Four years after Samburu elders signed a historic declaration to end FGM and child marriage, the practices have largely moved ...

The Trump administration is targeting three major children's hospitals in FBI investigations looking into whether their transgender medical treatments violate federal law.

The theme for this year’s event - “Planning and Budgeting for Children’s Rights: Progress Since 2010,’ highlighted the importance of increased investment, accountability, and inclusion in national ...

Imo State has the highest prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Southeast region, with 38% of wome n aged 15-49 years affected. Alarmingly, 9.7% of girls aged 0-14 years have also ...

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Number of victims growing. Despite a growing global push to ban a practice widely seen as abhorrent, the number of victims of female genital mutilation has grown by 15 percent since 2016 to an ...

Unicef calculates the rate of decline would need to be 27 times faster to eliminate this abuse by 2030.. Understanding the trends is the starting point for ending female genital mutilation. Some ...

Africa: Female Genital Mutilation Is On the Rise in Africa ... Unicef calculates the rate of decline would need to be 27 times faster to eliminate this abuse by 2030.

The percentage of women and girls who experience female genital mutilation is declining, UNICEF said, but it warned that efforts to eradicate the practice are too slow to keep up with fast-growing ...