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The Sabarimala judgment and the subsequent rethink sparked a nationwide debate over women’s access to places of worship

10 May 2026 11:35 PM IST

The girl was raped inside a car on Thursday.

Act against female genital mutilation, NGO urges Modi

Gandhi had assured us, that there would be a law for abolishing such practises and the government would bring in a new...

20 Nov 2017 1:58 AM IST

The UN Population Fund projects that the estimated 3.9 million girls subjected to genital cutting every year will rise to 4.6 million by 2030 due to expected population growth unless urgent action is taken. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Leave vaginas alone: 68 mn women face genital mutilation by 2030, UN...

Over 200 million women and girls in 30 countries across three continents have experienced genital mutilation.

7 Feb 2018 11:23 AM IST

Deep in Ethiopias desert region of Afar, about nine in 10 women and girls undergo female genital mutilation, many before their first birthday. (Representational Image)

Female genital mutilation a painful, gory reality, world unites to end...

Later when my menstruation began, because the opening was too tiny, the pain worsened even more.'

6 Feb 2018 7:14 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

FGM essential part of Islam, can't be subjected to judicial scrutiny,...

Dawoodi Bohra community justified the female genital mutilation (FGM) in SC and called it an integral aspect of...

31 July 2018 9:32 PM IST

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Supreme Court questions female genital mutilations

FMG or khatna is a practice prevalent among the Dawoodi Bohra religious community of Shia sect.

31 July 2018 12:51 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

Centre seeks ban on female genital mutilation, SC gives nod

FMG is practice prevalent among Dawoodi Bohra religious community of Shia sect, as it is crime and punishable offence.

9 July 2018 5:28 PM IST

The girl was cut by a razor on two occasions causing serious injuries (Photo: Pixabay)

Man recruits person to perform genital mutilation on daughter to...

A prosecutor told the court that it wasn't done due to cultural reasons but was meant as a punishment instead.

13 March 2018 2:58 PM IST

The Supreme Court also referred to the National Crime Records Bureau Data stating every six hour a woman is raped in the country. (Photo: File | ANI)

SC refers female genital mutilation plea to 5-judge constitution bench

SC was hearing a PIL filed by Delhi-based lawyer challenging female genital mutilation of minor girls of Dawoodi Bohra...

24 Sept 2018 1:59 PM IST

3 million women are at risk of FGM each year (Photo: AFP)

Female genital mutilation stops Egyptian women from climaxing

The government is leading campaigns against the practice with harsher punishment, but it continues illegally.

26 May 2017 5:05 PM IST

Concerns about privacy are often the reason doctors and hospitals avoid organising social support. (Photo: Pixabay)

Indian-origin female doctor charged with genital mutilation of girls...

Female genital mutilation typically involves the partial or total removal of the clitoris and is barred by numerous...

14 April 2017 8:48 AM IST

UK sees one female genital mutilation case reported every hour

UK sees one female genital mutilation case reported every hour

There is at least one mutilation case that is reported every 92 minutes

7 Feb 2017 5:58 PM IST