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Yahya Jammeh peddled fake HIV ‘cures’ complete with alleged human rights abuses. But he also banned female genital cutting

This former dictator invented a fake HIV cure, but banned female...

Momodou L. Jaiteh - April 11, 2019

Maasai girls participate in a newly conceived rite of passage to mark their ascent into womanhood

When police crashed her wedding, she was 8. Her soon-to-be husband...

Christabel Ligami - January 24, 2019

Young Maasai girls leave their village near Narok to go to school. Campaigners say addressing poverty and gender-based violence in the area is vital.

Schoolgirls in this country face compulsory tests for pregnancy, genital mutilation

Rebecca Ratcliffe - January 10, 2019

Young girls like those at Indupa Primary School near Kajiado face female circumcision.

Women of the Maasai fight back for their daughters

Emanuela Zuccalà - July 7, 2016

Members of the Women’s Network educate people on the harmful

Uncut, unwed and cast out, but a better life awaited

Emanuela Zuccalà - June 29, 2016

Uncut: Female genital mutilation in Somaliland

Uncut: Female genital mutilation in Somaliland

Emanuela Zuccalà and Simona Ghizzoni - June 2, 2016

Female genital mutilation is banned in Agamsaha village

Female genital mutilation: Hope blooms in Somaliland

Emanuela Zuccalà - May 26, 2016

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