UNFPA partners FG to end FGM/C in 40 communities

The United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) says it is partnering the Federal Government through a special response programme to end Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Nigeria.

Mrs Nkiru Igbokwe, the UNFPA Gender Specialist, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

Aisha Buhari calls for campaign against female genital mutilation

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on relevant stakeholders to create awareness on the health implications of female genital mutilation in the country.

Mrs Buhari was represented by the wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, at the launch of joint UNFPA/UNICEF to support programme to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country.

Aisha said that FGM was a harmful practice that had negative, social and economic consequences in the lives of the effected women and girls.

Mrs Buhari launches anti-genital mutilation campaign next week

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, is to launch a report next week detailing the prevalence of female genital mutilation in Nigeria as part of a zero-tolerance campaign against the practice.

Preliminary findings by the report show female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM) are most prevalent in the six states of Imo, Ebonyi, Osun, Ekiti, Oyo and Lagos.

UNICEF says not fewer than 200m girls, women have undergone FGM

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 200 million girls and women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in 30 countries.

Female genital mutilation still rampant in Kwara rural areas — Physicians

 Director, Centre for Research and In-house Training of the University of Ilorin, has said that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still a major challenge faced by rural women.

Temidayo made the disclosure on Wednesday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) during an assessment of Field Posting Reports for Masters in Public Health students of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Temidayo said reports from public health physicians in close contact with people in different communities across six local government areas in Kwara indicated that FGM, sacrificial markings, tribal marks and early marriages were rampant.

She warned that women who went through female circumcision experienced excruciating pains, severe bleeding, painful urination and sometimes infection.