FGM Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/fgm/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Sun, 15 Jan 2023 10:20:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 FGM Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/fgm/ 32 32 67616479 Female genital mutilation rates peak in Kenya during school holidays – an alternative option offers a solution https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/female-genital-mutilation-rates-peak-in-kenya-during-school-holidays-an-alternative-option-offers-a-solution/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/female-genital-mutilation-rates-peak-in-kenya-during-school-holidays-an-alternative-option-offers-a-solution/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:50:06 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72613 In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/female-genital-mutilation-rates-peak-in-kenya-during-school-holidays-an-alternative-option-offers-a-solution/feed/ 0 72613 The price for Sierra Leonean political leadership is violating and eroding the human and body autonomy rights of its women and girls https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leon-political-leadership-violating-rights-women/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leon-political-leadership-violating-rights-women/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:40:15 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71301 It is time to end the rampant practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is one of the world’s worst offenders for FGM – 90% of women are subjected to the practice.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leon-political-leadership-violating-rights-women/feed/ 0 71301 Four Black women who have advanced human rights https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/four-black-women-who-have-advanced-human-rights/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/four-black-women-who-have-advanced-human-rights/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:54:28 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69740 These women have helped people in their communities and far beyond.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/four-black-women-who-have-advanced-human-rights/feed/ 0 69740 Why it’s so difficult to end female genital mutilation https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/why-its-so-difficult-to-end-female-genital-mutilation/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/why-its-so-difficult-to-end-female-genital-mutilation/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:37:45 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=67429 An estimated 130 million women have undergone female genital mutilation and millions more are at risk. The practice is carried out mainly for cultural and economic reasons.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/why-its-so-difficult-to-end-female-genital-mutilation/feed/ 0 67429 Sierra Leone’s steps to end Female Genital Mutilation https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leones-steps-to-end-female-genital-mutilation/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leones-steps-to-end-female-genital-mutilation/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:52:13 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=67024 United Nations Women reported that traditional cutters in Sierra Leone have pledged to abandon and advocate against FGM which is still not illegal in the country. This added support will contribute to the clampdown on initiation ceremonies by the secret societies that uphold the practice.

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