FGC in Asia:
- Inter Press Service, Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting in Asia Remain a Neglected Problem
- FGC in Asia and the Middle East Map
- Newsweek, Report on Female Genital Mutilation in Dagestan Sparks Controversy in Russia
- Thomson Reuters Foundation, Factbox: The hidden cut: female genital mutilation in Asia
- ESCAP, UNESCAP: Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights and violence against women
- United States Department of State, Courageous Alumna Speaks Out for Maldivian Women
- Inter Press Service, A Truly Global Effort is Needed to Eradicate FGM by 2030
- The Hindu, Activist push for end to female genital mutilation
- The Diplomat, Southeast Asia’s Hidden Female Genital Mutilation Challenge
- Arrow, Asia Network to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Consultation Report
FGC in Australia:
- ABC News, Women Speak Out on Female Genital Mutilation in Australia
- ABC News, Genital mutilation convictions overturned after new evidence showing victims remain intact
- ABC News, High Court to hear appeal on female genital mutilation and prosecutors’ push for retrial
- The Sydney Morning Herald, High Court upholds NSW genital mutilation convictions
FGC in Canada:
- Prism, Canadian women harmed by genital mutilation find help in the U.S.
- Thomson Reuters Foundation, Canada lifts silence on FGM
- Huffpost, It’s Time for Canada To Play Its Part In Ending Female Genital Mutilation
- Canadian Dimension, Female Genital Mutilation in Canada and the Limits to Criminalization
FGC in Colombia:
- Columbia Reports, Female Circumcision Endangering Colombian Girls
- BBC, ‘Cut with a blade’: Colombia indigenous groups discuss FGM
FGC and COVID:
FGC in Egypt:
- 28 Too Many, Egypt: The Law and FGM
FGC and Islam:
- The Milli Gazette, Islam and female circumcision
- Free Malaysia Today, Muslim doctors against female circumcision
- Karamah, Debunking the Myth that Islam Requires Female Genital Circumcision
- Colombo Telegraph, Unmuting the Tabooed: FGM and Muslim Women’s Rights
FGC in Indonesia:
- Orchid Project, Increasing understanding of FGC in Indonesia: A field study by Islamic Relief Canada
- The New York Times Magazine, A Cutting Tradition
- Borgen Magazine, Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Indonesia
- UNFPA, Ending FGM/C through Education and Community Engagement
FGC in Iran:
- Fair Observer, Ending FGM in Iran Needs International Support
- The Guardian, Female Genital Mutilation practiced in Iran, study reveals
- FGM/C Research Initiative, The Changing Paradigms of FGM/C
- BBC, Russian clinic in row over female genital cutting
FGC in Iraq:
FGC in Malaysia:
- FMT, Review fatwa on female circumcision, Putrajaya urged
- The Star, DPM maintains that female circumcision is part of Malaysian culture
- FMT, Stop female circumcision, it has no medical benefit, says women’s groups
- BMJ Journals, Female Genital Cutting in Malaysia: A mixed-methods study
- Al Jazeera, Malaysia’s anti-FGM advocates: Leave our bodies alone
- WAO, Malaysian Public Attitudes and Perceptions towards Violence Against Women
FGC in Oman:
- Stop FGM Middle East, FGM Study in Oman Shows High Prevalence All Over The Country
FGC in Pakistan:
- Charles Darwin University, ‘It is a Secret’: Narrations About Female Genital Cutting Among Pakistani Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Women
- Al Jazeera, ‘Something has been taken away’: Pakistan’s well-kept FGM secret
- Journal of International Women’s Studies, Lack of Data and Dialogue on Female Genital Mutilation in Pakistan
- Brown Girl Mag, Violated Hopes: My Struggle to Report on Female Genital Cutting in Pakistan
- Soch Writing, Why is it so difficult to talk about female genital cutting in Pakistan?
- The Times of India, Pak former minister to initiate drive against female khatna in India and Pakistan
FGC in Philippines:
FGC in Russia:
- Thomson Reuters Foundation, Female circumcision in Moscow clinic sparks ‘complete shock’
- BBC, Russia Furore over FGM in mainly Muslim Dagestan
- Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Activists Call For Investigation Into Cases of Female Genital Mutilation, Saying It Would Be A First For Russia
FGC in Saudi Arabia:
FGC in Singapore:
- Today, Local movement against female genital cutting turns to Ramadan bazaars to advocate its cause
- Patheos, “A Tiny Cut”: Female Circumcision in South East Asia – An Overview of FGC in Malay community
- France 24, Ultra-modern Singapore’s dark secret: female genital mutilation
FGC in Sri Lanka:
- The Sun, Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service, Sri Lank-Culture: Mothers Watch as Daughters are Circumcised
- Stop FGM Middle East, Stop FGM Middle East: Sri Lanka
- GSDRC, Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights, and violence against women
- Srilanka two, Sri Lanka should criminalise the practice of female genital cut, activist tells CESCR 61
- Thomson Reuters Foundation, Butter knife or sharp blade? Either way, FGM survivors in Sri Lanka want it to stop
- Reuters, Female circumcision in Sri Lanka is ‘just a nick’, not mutilation: supporters
- Reuters, Lawyers and activists urge Sri Lanka to ban genital cutting
- Sri Lanka Brief, FGM/FGC Victims speak out
- Al Jazeera, FGM in Sri Lanka: It’s never ‘just a nick’
- Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sri Lankan Islamic Centre condemns ban on female circumcision as ‘affront’
- FPA Sri Lanka, Towards Understanding Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka
FGC in the United Kingdom:
- Gov.UK, UK Serious Crime Act 2015 Legislation – FGM Fact Sheet
- NSPCC, Female Genital Mutilation: Legislation, policy, and guidance
- International Business Times, Dawoodi Bohras in London Told to Stop Female Circumcision
- Sky News, Calls For Compulsory School Teaching Of FGM
- Gov.UK, UK Home Office Multi-agency statutory guidance on FGM
- Huffpost, The Female Genital Mutilation Survivors Teaches Victims How To Enjoy Sex
- BBC, Vagina surgery ‘sought by girls as young as nine’
- Emerald Insight, Perception and barriers: reporting female genital mutilation