An estimated 125,000 immigrant girls and women in Canada are at risk of female genital mutilation, but health care systems don’t view reconstructive surgery as “necessary“ Canadian women harmed by genital mutilation find help in the U.S. is a story from Prism, a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today.| Prism
On a Friday in September 2016, in a small town in Kenema District, my life was changed forever. What began as a small argument over money turned into a nightmare. I went to my neighbour to follow up on money she owed me from osusu (the local savings group). The debt was more than two… The post My Journey to Justice after Forced Female Genital Mutilation first appeared on African Feminism (AF). The post My Journey to Justice after Forced Female Genital Mutilation appeared first on African Fe...| African Feminism (AF)
The practice of FGM has been linked to various health consequences, including immediate complications such as severe pain and infections to long-term complications such as urinary, menstrual, psychological, vaginal and sexual problems. Despite these, religious misconceptions and cultural justifications continue to fuel the practice.| African Feminism (AF)
Women’s March on Washington: I love it that women are organizing and coming together as a group in many countries to fight for their rights. Women officers in the Indian armed forces a…| Gender Matters
Cleo Hopkin-King takes a look at the historical subjugation of women’s sexuality and examines how patriarchal stigmatisation and control still contributes to disparities in sexual pleasure to this day| The F-Word
