Ban Ki-moon backs campaign to tackle FGM through education
UN secretary general praises Fahma Mohamed's campaign to enlist help of headteachers in ending female genital mutilation
Education is central to ending FGM
Ban Ki-moon: A practice that demeans, dehumanises and injures is not a tradition, it's a human rights violation. Headteachers can help stop this
Progress review: contraception use among adolescent girls
Giving young women access to birth control is a global public health priority. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli reviews the challenges that remain and the projects changing the odds for girls
Warsan Shire: young poet laureate wields her pen against FGM
London poet shows solidarity with Fahma Mohamed with poem calling on Michael Gove to involve schools in FGM campaign
How supermodel Waris Dirie saved girl from female genital mutilation
Somali model insisted Safa Idriss Nour, the child who played her suffering FGM in biopic, had to be spared the same fate
FGM petition calling on Michael Gove to act reaches 200,000 signatures
Education secretary is being urged to tell headteachers to inform parents and children about practice
The imperfect but honest image of a woman’s body
Kira Cochrane: Beth Whaanga's photographs of her cancer scars, Jade Beall's images of 'pregnancy stretchmarks' and Gabi Gregg's 'fat women in swimwear' could change our view of 'perfection'
FGM: government is in breach of legal obligations, say lawyers
Influential group of human rights lawyers tells MPs that measures to tackle female genital mutilation are insufficient
Anti-abortion clinics should be clearly labelled as such – or shut down
Kate Smurthwaite: It is terrifying 'crisis pregnancy centres' are lying to women to suit their agenda – and the NHS isn't stopping them doing it
Female genital mutilation: Michael Gove to meet 17-year-old campaigner
Education secretary to meet Fahma Mohamed as petition demanding action to end FGM attracts 170,000 signatures