International Day Of Zero Tolerance For Genital Mutilation (FGM)

International Day Of Zero Tolerance For Genital Mutilation (FGM)

On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Oyo Leaders Urge Sustained Commitment and Investment to End Female Genital Mutilation by 2030 - TV360 Nigeria

Despite progress, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a threat to girls in Oyo State. Stakeholders are calling for stronger laws, sustained funding, and community engagement to ensure the practice ends by 2030. The appeal came on Friday in Ibadan during a media briefing marking the 2026 International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, organised by the Centre for Comprehensive Promotion of Reproductive Health (CCPRH) with support from the UNFPA a…

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation: a global wound demanding commitment and action until 2030

February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a practice affecting over 230 million girls and women worldwide and considered by the UN a grave violation of human rights. FGM includes all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The WHO distinguishes four main types, from clitoridectomy (type …

Eritrea: World “International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation” Observed

Eritrea: World “International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation” Observed

Torture Trumps Tradition: Can religion or custom give Female Genital Mutilation a carte blanche?

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Part I of this two-part series explores how international law recognizes FGM as torture—and why, as a jus cogens norm, the prohibition against torture cannot be derogated from under any circumstances.