Spanish court rules Facebook moderator suffered work-related mental trauma
The former worker had to watch content including "self-mutilations, beheadings of civilians murdered by terrorist groups, suicides".
Fri Jan 19 2024
Cuba's 'Ironman' beats himself with a sledge hammer...and survives unscathed
What shocks the crowd is not the apparent self-mutilation, but rather the fact that he appears to come away unscathed.
Sat Aug 19 2023
Abused women find freedom in Kenyan village where men are banned
Umoja provides a refuge for women of the Samburu community and beyond fleeing female genital mutilation, domestic abuse or child marriage.
Fri Feb 17 2023
Sudan's bid to ban genital mutilation sparks hope, caution
Millions of girls and women have been cut in countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia
Thu Jul 02 2020
Ibu dakwa besi terjatuh koyakkan kemaluan anak sebenarnya cuba 'sunatkan' anak
Wanita terbabit mendakwa bahawa anaknya terjatuh ke atas besi lalu terkoyak kemaluannya apabila hendak mencapai biskut pada Ogos 2017.
Sat Feb 02 2019
Imam resigns from mosque where a senior cleric said female genital mutilation prevents 'hypersexuality'
Mosque outreach coordinator Johari Abdul-Malik, who was brought to help Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, announced his resignation on Friday.
Sat Jun 10 2017
Girls can cut poverty in developing economies: UN
Girls in developing countries are less likely than boys to complete schooling because of forced marriage, child labour and female genital mutilation, risking the opportunities presented by their large
Thu Oct 20 2016
Mufti shocks Russia with call for genital mutilation of all women
A senior Muslim cleric in Russia has prompted controversy by urging universal female genital mutilation after a rights group released a report on the practice in the country's North Caucasus region.
Thu Aug 18 2016
Danish man in S.Africa court over female genitals kept in freezer
Peter Frederiksen, a 63-year-old gun shop owner, was arrested after his wife told police that he assaulted her and mutilated her genitals.
Thu Nov 05 2015
A third of women globally victims of domestic violence: WHO
Current efforts to prevent domestic violence are insufficient as a third of women worldwide are physically abused, WHO reports.
Fri Nov 21 2014
Sliced with a razor, sewn up with thorns: Somali woman recalls FGM
Malko Jama, a recently widowed Somali mother of eight, still remembers undergoing genital mutilation three decades ago as vividly as if it were yesterday.
Thu Feb 20 2014
Extreme genital mutilation on retreat in Somaliland
The genital mutilation is normally done with a razor blade when the girl is between 5 and 11 years old, and without any pain killers.
Thu Feb 20 2014
Self-mutilation for virtue in bloody Thai festival
The participants of Thailands nine-day Vegetarian Festival will purify themselves in public displays of self-mutilation.
Thu Jan 02 2014
Malaysians shocked by police mutilations in Sabah
There was shock and disgust as the police-- for the first time-- officially confirmed that the men killed in a prolonged stand-off in the water village in Semporna Saturday were badly mutilated
Thu Mar 07 2013