Calls for Nigeria to Enact Laws on Female Genital Mutilation
The federal and state legislatures have been urged to enact laws against female genital mutilation (FGM) across the country. The speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Barrister Rita Maduagwu, who made the call in Awka, described the practice as a violation of the human rights of both girls and women. She urged medical practitioners to […]
Girl Circumcisions are still carried out in Tanzania Despite Police Crackdown
More than 800 girls were subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in northern Tanzania last month, a local government official said, despite a police crackdown to stop the practice that affects millions of girls in the east African country. Twelve women suspected to have carried out the ritual, which involves the partial or total removal […]
Genital Mutilation – Will Nigeria Enforce the Law?
With the recent passage of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill into law by the National Assembly, which also aims at criminalising barbaric act of female genital mutilation, there may be light at the end of the tunnel for many who continue to live in fear across the country. With the wide spread commendation received […]
