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“The work to combat female genital mutilation begins with trust”
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Female genital mutilation driven by local customs in southern Iran – study
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New Report finds Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in 94 countries
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Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation: Faulty Policies, Unwilling Doctors, and Frightened Girls
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“I lost my baby in front of my eyes”, FGM adds to the tragedies facing Yemeni women
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Countering Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Iraq
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Promising developments in Sudan & the United Arab Emirates
U.N. pressures Indonesia to stop health workers performing FGM
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) 12.8.2013. Indonesia should stop allowing doctors, midwives and other health workers to carry out female genital mutilation (FGM) on children and babies as young as six months, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (OHCHR) has said. The committee also urged the country to pass legislation banning any form of FGM and […]
Laws or education? – the debate how to eliminate FGM
07. 08. 2013 The recent Unicef report on female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked a debate about the best way to eliminate the practice. As Thomas Reuters reports some campaigners stress the necessity of law enforcement while others are set on the empowerment of women. No one denies that both are important but the emphasis […]
UNICEF research on FGM reason for concern
26.07.2013 This week, UNICEF issued a report on female genital mutilation (FGM). It stresses the importance of continuous data gathering to inform policymakers and programmes, as a vital part of all efforts to eliminate FGM. German NGO Wadi and Hivos welcome the amount of exposure this report has received and fully endorse the need, amongst […]
FGM Debate Continues in Muslim Lands
Gatestone Institute 18.07.2013, by Irfan Al-Alawi While overshadowed apparently by the general civil conflict over the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) regime in Egypt, the spreading problem of female genital mutilation (FGM) has recently shaken the land of the Nile. Yet the mass upsurge against the tyrannical fundamentalism of the MB is related, however obscurely, to the […]
Clear Signal against FGM: Egyptian Dar Al Ifta snubs Islamists
17.7.2003 by Stop FGM Mideast The highest religious authority in Egypt has – once again – condemned female genital mutilation. In the current climate with fears rising last year that then ruling islamists could decriminalize FGM, this is an important signal and success in the struggle against FGM. Yet, the practice remains widespread in the […]
FGM slowing down? The UN asserts it, the Indonesian case contradicts it
15.6.2013. Mirielle Valette explains in the French feminist magazine Sisyphe why the United Nations figures about female genital mutilations are too low. Giving details about evidence from several Asian countries, she questions why the UN does not update their assumptions about FGM. by Mireille Vallette The UN communication with regard to sexual mutilations is deceitful. […]
Egyptian girl dies undergoing circumcision
Al Arabiya 10.6.2013. Suhair al-Bata’a, a 13-year-old Egyptian girl, has died undergoing circumcision at a village in the Daqahliya governorate northeast of Cairo, Egyptian media reported on Sunday. “We left our daughter with the doctor and the nurse. 15 minutes later, the nurse took my daughter out of the operation room to a nearby room, […]
Fighting against Female Genital Mutilation in Iraq
31.7.2013. The British Independent interviewed the vice-president of the Pana Center in Kirkuk, Iraq – a partner organization of Wadi. The women’s rights campaigner Awezan Muri talks about her own experiences in her family and the challenges she encounters fighting FGM in Iraq. Figures from the Pana Centre show that 38 per cent of women […]
“I protect women’s honour”
Kirkuk Now 4.5.2013. Pura Gullstan is well known outside of Kirkuk city due to her profession, as she performs female genital mutilation and according to her statement, she has so many stories about FGM to tell but she does not want to let people know about them. Photo: Hawlati Female genital mutilation is a stain […]
Female Genital Mutilation Still Widespread in Egypt
Voice of America 30.4.2013 by Elizabeth Arrott CAIRO — Egyptian activists are concerned that the rise of Islamist politicians could undermine years of work to discourage female genital mutilation. The practice, and the movement against it, however, have far deeper roots in the country. To its supporters, it is a sign of purity, community and […]
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Last Press Statements »
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Putting the spotlight back on FGM in the Middle East – Wadi at the Women Deliver Conference 2026
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FGM in Iraq: More research needed after succesful campaign in Kurdistan led to ban of harmful practice
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Conference on 6th of Feb: Long-term approach to eradicate FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan yields results
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Feb 6: Wadi speaks on DW about what made success in Kurdistan possible
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6th of Feb: WADI announces FGM has dropped to zero in highly effected region in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Oman bans unexpectedly Female Genital Mutilation
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Study finds: FGM is practiced by Saudi women