Tag: FGM
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Female Genital Mutilation has no validity in Islam – Islamic Cleric
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice and has no legitimacy in the Islamic Religion, Shaykha Ayisha Yussif, an Islamic cleric has said.FGM...
Independent Africa
Alarm blows as 20 Somali girls subjected to FGM in Somalia’s Kismayu
The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is raising the alarm after 20 girls underwent the proscribed female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kismayu,...
World
Why Ugandan Minister wants ban on labia stretching
The minister for Gender and Culture has warned school matrons against initiating young girls into genital elongation.Ms Peace Mutuuzo on Wednesday said government will...