Ban Ki-moon puts UN weight behind Guardian-backed FGM campaign

UN leader praises 'courageous' campaign after meeting 17-year-old activist Fahma Mohamed

Diets high in meat, eggs and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking

People under 65 who eat a lot of meat, eggs and dairy are four times as likely to die from cancer or diabetes, study suggests

Female genital mutilation law must be toughened, UK’s top police officers say

Acpo demands specific legal focus on parents who let their daughters suffer FGM as well as on 'cutters'

Four women given pioneering womb transplants impregnated via IVF

Swedish medical team hoping for world first as women born without uterus or who lost it to cancer get embryo transfers

Spending more time in the dark could boost hearing in old age

Dana Smith: Hope for non-invasive treatment for age-related deafness as scientists find neurons can compensate for disability at any age

Ending female genital mutilation: my hopes for my meeting with Gove

We need real progress from the education secretary – I hope he will want to be remembered for helping stop the cycle of abuse• Click here to sign the FGM petition to Michael Gove

Malala Yousafzai backs campaign against FGM

Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban praises campaign calling for better education on female genital mutilation in UK schools

The African Chef who is bringing baobab to British kitchens

Zambian cook Malcolm Riley is on a mission to win Brits over to the health and wallet-friendly benefits of African foods, writes Katy Salter

How to end female genital mutilation in the UK: write to your MP

24,000 girls in the UK are currently at risk of FGM. Have you got 30 seconds to write to your MP asking them to show their support before the 'cutting season' begins?

Female refugees from Syria ‘blighted by gynaecological illness and stress’

Study of women who have fled to Lebanon criticises serious lack of antenatal and general health care