Since 1990, the likelihood of a girl undergoing genital mutilation has dropped threefold, but 30 countries still practise it, putting four million girls each year at risk. FGM can lead to short and ...

Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising "medicalization" of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to engage health workers to prevent the practice, according to a new guideline published today ...

Discover the WHO's guidelines on female genital mutilation and how health practitioners can support survivors and promote change ...

WHO urges halt to health workers performing female genital mutilation The World Health Organisation said on Monday it wanted a code of conduct to bar medical workers from performing female genital ...

Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising “medicalization” of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to engage health ...