FGM

Amongst Gen X, Boomers, and those blessed with more years, we have been having a conversation for a few years. About gender. When do we remember hearing that term first, …

I have spent many years listening to women and girls describe things others expected them to accept. Things that hurt them. Things that frightened them. They were told these were necessary …

  updated from May 12 2024 Child advocacy should begin and end with the well-being of children. Their safety, dignity, health, education, and future should guide the decisions we make …

There are some women whose photographs become famous while the most important thing they did receives far less attention. Katoucha Niane was one of them. Born in Guinea in 1960, …

In 1997, Waris Dirie did something that deserves to be remembered as an act of extraordinary courage. She spoke. She was already an internationally known model. People knew her face. …

 updated from June 7, 2025 There’s a quiet lie that echoes through many women’s lives.A lie whispered in silence. Repeated in prayer. Spoken with eyes closed tight. It goes something …

There is nothing abstract about the blood on the floor. The room could be a delivery room. A girl’s restroom after school. A woman’s restroom after a meeting. A forensic …

updated from December 13, 2025 FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic surgery Any honest critique of global efforts to address female genital mutilation must begin here: Girls’ …

The year is 2026. So-called leaders, writers, the academic class, news media, medical groups, and organizations are calling women’s rights groups, shelters, and activists “anti-rights” for asserting women’s rights? For …

  Oppression against women does not always disappear when women make progress. Many times, it changes its language, changes its costume, and finds a new way to stay in control. …