FGM: two young women who woke up world and forced politicians to act

Fahma Mohamed in UK and Jaha Dukureh in US have led global debate on female genital mutilation and movement to end it

Isis denies ordering that all girls in Mosul undergo FGM

Doubts grow over UN report, seemingly reliant on year-old document from Syria thought to have been doctored

Kenyan girls taken to remote regions to undergo FGM in secret

Perpetrators of female genital mutilation becoming more difficult to catch as hospitals and clinics carry out procedure covertly

Conservative judges are ganging up to steal your affordable healthcare

Scott Lemieux: Want evidence that Republicans have allies on the bench? Look no further than the Bush appointees who hate Obamacare

US to conduct major study into female genital mutilation

Activists hail study, which will assess how many US women are at risk, as 'a great success for everyone who has fought for this'

Decriminalise sex work to help control Aids pandemic, scientists demand

Prostitutes are subject to repression, violence and abuse – even at the hands of law enforcement, research shows

FGM and child marriage: grandmothers are part of the problem and the solution

Girls on their own can't change the norms that endanger them. Understand the role of the other women in a girl's life, says Fatimah Kelleher

Advising women with depression about having children isn’t babying them

Hannah Jane Parkinson: Doctors are being advised to speak to women with depression about pregnancy risks. This is not intrusive – it's necessary guidance

77% in developed world are happy but wish life was simpler, says poll

Survey of 16,000 people finds widespread contentment, but few optimistic about prospects for the planet

The Gobi March ultra: a 155-mile, seven-day antidote to modern life

Watching my competitors stagger around camp like zombies in the mornings was comic at times. But there’s a reason people put themselves through this kind of pain