TUTAKAL, Iraq (Reuters) - Amena Omer Mirhan practised female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many years that she struggles to recall how many girls passed through ...
DARK skies were threatening rain over an Iraqi Kurdistan village, but one woman refused to budge from outside a house where two girls were at risk of female genital mutilation. “I know you’re home! I ...
In parts of Asia, the practice of female circumcision—also known as female genital mutilation (FGM)—is increasingly being carried out by health professionals such as doctors and trained midwives ...