Community leaders gathered in Mali Thursday to mark an international day of campaigning against female genital mutilation, publicly renouncing a practice that is still legal in the deeply-conservative ...

For years, Sidi Haidara believed female genital mutilation (FGM) was simply part of life. Like many people in his community in central Mali, he saw it as a tradition passed down through ...

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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 2026 (IPS) - In Mali, an estimated nine out of ten women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). And for years, Sidi Haidara, a father and recognized leader in ...