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Kenya: Court Ruling Gives Boost to Fight Against FGM
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 17 March 2021
Kenya court upholds a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) giving boost to end FGM while one in five Kenyan women (15 to 49 years old) experience serious health problems Read more »
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Kenya: Court Throws Out Case Seeking to Legalise FGM for Adult Women
Nation, 17 March 2021
The High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Kenyan doctor who is seeking to decriminalise female genital mutilation (FGM) for women over the age of 18. Read more »
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Kenya: Why Kikuyu Will Be the First Community to End FGM in Kenya
Nation, 6 February 2021
Today, the world marks International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and as the fight to end the vice continues, major questions linger on. Are we cutting… Read more »
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Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta to Witness Kisima Anti-FGM Declaration
Nation, 5 March 2021
All eyes are set on President Uhuru Kenyatta's commitment to end female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2022 amid high prevalence rates in some parts of the country. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya's Wins and Losses in FGM War as 2022 Beckons
Nation, 4 February 2021
President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the National Policy on Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in November last year, kicking off a campaign to eradicate the vice in the… Read more »