Though the practice was outlawed 30 years ago, this is Britain's first conviction for female genital mutilation A London mother was found guilty of subjecting her 3-year-old daughter to female genital mutilation on Friday in Britain's first conviction for FGM - more than 30 years after the practice was outlawed.

Legend has it that the world will come to an end if women scale the Agasthyarkoodam peak in India's southern state of Kerala. But these women want to take a chance and prove tradition wrong.

Young girls in south India continue to be “dedicated” to village temples and then forced into prostitution despite laws banning the ancient ritual, researchers said. The devadasi system, which involves putting a beaded necklace around girls and often leads to a life of sex work and slavery, goes unchecked in Karnataka state, according to two reports released this month.