* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Subhead: A 9-year-old girl in New York had her clitoris cut off with a razor without any anesthesia ...

It's a brutal practice that's inflicted on thousands of girls and women every year. Female genital mutilation, or female ritual cutting, involves altering or injuring female genital organs. It's often ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANEABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis called female genital mutilation a “crime” on Sunday and said the fight for women’s rights, equality and opportunity must continue for the ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Sunday decried the genital mutilation of millions of girls and the sex trafficking of women. In remarks to the public in St. Peter's Square, the pope noted that the day ...

One of the suspects who allegedly took part in the cutting of the private parts of a six-year old girl for suspected ritual purposes in Bauchi State has said that he was charmed by his friend who is ...

In a new policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics says a "ritual nick" to the genitals of newborn females might "save some girls from undergoing disfiguring and life-threatening procedures ...

Acts of self-mutilation, burns, and other extreme rituals are less accepted in Western culture, but are a common culture trait for many societies D'Or Institute for Research and Education Published in ...

A senior Muslim cleric in Russia has prompted controversy by urging universal female genital mutilation after a rights group released a report on the practice in the country's North Caucasus region.