MADRID, Spain — Asha Ismail, 54, is a human rights activist and founder of Save…
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Asante Africa Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to alleviating poverty…
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — The U.N.-supported Kenyan helpline first started to assist young girls who…
SEATTLE, Washington — In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for…
SEATTLE — The World Health Organization approximates that 200 million girls and women alive today…
SEATTLE — Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the intentional cutting of the female genital organs.…
ABUJA, Nigeria — According to the World Health Organization (WHO), female genital mutilation, or FGM,…
DETROIT — In April, an emergency room physician in Detroit was charged with performing female…
LOS ANGELES – In late March, 72-year-old former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari successfully defeated incumbent…
MOSUL, Iraq — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the self-proclaimed caliphate known as the…