Tag: Female genital mutilation

BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

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BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

Over the past six decades, Dr Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health care rights in Somaliland and campaigning against Female Genital Mutilation- a practice which involves the partial or total removal of genitalia. It leaves many women and girls with Continue reading “BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland” →

FGM in Somaliland – Why is Change so Slow?

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FGM in Somaliland – Why is Change so Slow?

Female genital mutilation, FGM, is defined as a practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM is currently practiced in 31 countries, most African and in some parts of the Middle East and Asia. It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM. Continue reading “FGM in Somaliland – Why is Change so Slow?” →