Australia: Judge changes verdict after call to FGM from religious sect leader

Originally judge Johnson sentenced Shabbir Mohammedbhai Vaziri to 11 months home detention for covering the offence.

England: More than 1200 cases of FGM within 90 days

At least 2% of all new cases were girls under the age of 18.

FGM in England and Wales

According the Health and Social Care Information Centre there were 1242 newly recorded cases of FGM between January and March 2016 in England.

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Mayar Mohamed: a young girl and victim of FGM dies during cruel procedure!

Her sister survived the procedure, Mayar didn’t !

Although FGM is banned in Egypt, 85% of women between the age of 15 and 49 have undergone the procedure

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FBI investigation shows shocking FGM numbers in USA

More than 500.000 women and girls at risk of FGM in the US!

Despite being illegal since 1996, roughly 513 000 women were subjected to FGM recently according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Long awaited: WHO introduces first ever guidelines!

WHO guidelines on how to treat women and girls subjected to FGM!

After a very long time the WHO introduced guidelines on how to treat FGM victims.

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