Female genital cutting (FGC) also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) and female circumcision is widely practised in Africa. FGC, described by UNICEF as “one of the worst violations of the ...
These practices have been going on for centuries and are primarily inflicted upon young girls and women. For those unfamiliar with these terms and practices, we'll be shedding light on what they ...
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 ...
This article arose from writing about linguistic aspects of taboo in work co-authored with Kate Burridge: "Euphemism and Dysphemism: Language Used as Shield and Weapon" Oxford UP, 1991 and "Forbidden ...
The World Health Organization has released new guidelines on care for women who have been subjected to genital mutilation (FGM). This is an effort to bring medical standardization to an extremely ...
«Kimbidalé», d’Emmanuelle Labeau, est un documentaire, très dur par nature, mais traité avec dignité et optimisme, sur l’excision et l’infibulation en Ethiopie. Un combat initié par des femmes Afar ...
Dans notre série de lettres de journalistes africains, Zeinab Mohammed Salih examine un phénomène croissant de "re-excision" au Soudan. Certaines femmes au Soudan choisissent de subir une mutilation ...
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