FGM Traditional Surgeon Convicted to 4 years Imprisonment in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda- The Magistrate’s Court in Moroto has sentenced a 46 year old woman to four years imprisonment for procuring ...
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FGM: Changing visions to end a harmful tradition in Eastern Uganda
By Aldon Grace Walukamba Kween, Uganda: My mother told me one morning, "Come with me, we need to go to ...
High numbers of genitally mutilated girls escalate early marriages, pregnancies in Kween District
By Phiona Chelangat An increase in girls who are genitally mutilated in Kween district is stressing parents and local leaders ...
Sudan bans female genital mutilation
Sudan is to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), cancel prohibitions against religious conversion from Islam and permit non-Muslims to consume ...
Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and why ‘Pulling’ was outlawed
Gender and Culture Minister Peace Mutuuzo has been in the eye of the storm lately for suggesting that female genital ...
Prioritise Female Genital Mutilation fight-Speaker Kadaga urges government
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to Government to consider funding the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) ...
OP-ED: Forced and harmful circumcision and ‘pulling’ may be as harmful as FGM
By Michael Aboneka For the past few weeks, I have been engaged in debates over some practices that we have ...
