Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health, has ...

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign ...

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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Clinics in Singapore are performing female genital cutting on babies, activists say, despite global pledges to end the internationally condemned practice. A U.N.