Genital Mutilation

Punish Those Carrying Out FGM, Say Côte d’Ivoire Campaigners

By Fulgence Zamblé
Nine women in the northern Côte d'Ivoire town of Katiola have been convicted for carrying out female genital mutilation – the first time that a 1998 law banning FGM has been applied.
Florence Ali, the president of the Ghana Association for Women’s Welfare, has dedicated her life to the fight against female genital mutilation. Credit: Jonathan Migneault/IPS

GHANA: Father’s Fight to Save Daughter from Genital Mutilation

By Jonathan Migneault and Berlinda Chochoe Nortey
When Jack Sabadgou left Ghana for Switzerland 10 years ago, he left his infant daughter behind to be raised by her mother. Now he wants his child back, and he is running out of time in a bid to save her from the banned traditional practice of female genital mutilation.


vitamin korean