For years, a distinguished UC San Diego economist has wanted to stop young girls in Kenya from undergoing genital mutilation by offering them and their families money toward education. The ritual of ...

How does Spokane have a connection to a Maasai village in Kenya? Via writer and activist Charity Resian. Resian, 33, moved from Sweden to Spokane last year to connect with her brother and cousins who ...

Pongezi is the story of the alternative rites of passage for Maasai girls in Kenya. Nice Nailantei plays a central role in the book. She is a young Maasai girl who grew up to become a leader and ...

Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya.

Kenyan campaigners against female genital mutilation, Natalie Robi and Amos Leuka, pictured after speaking at an event in London for International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. ...

Note: This story contains graphic descriptions about female genital mutilation. For years, a distinguished UC San Diego economist has wanted to stop young girls in Kenya from undergoing genital ...

It still exists not only among the rural southern Maasai, but also in Kenya's northeast -- with parts of the Somali diaspora community in the region reporting rates over 90 percent -- as well as in ...