When Jaha Dukureh created a Change.org petition to tackle female genital mutilation, or “female circumcision,” in the United States last year, her goal was modest: 1,000 supporters. [+info]
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Leveraging Ebola to Tackle FGM
The outbreak of Ebola that started just over two years ago in Guinea killed more than 11,000, mostly in West Africa, and spurred fears of a deadly global pandemic. It also seems to have led to surprising progress in the…
Senegal Curbs a Bloody Rite for Girls and Women
SARE HAROUNA, Senegal — When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain. [+info]
Africa’s New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs
Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation by reaching out to the men in charge. [+info]
Why Some Women Choose to Get Circumcised
An anthropologist discusses some common misconceptions about female genital cutting, including the idea that men force women to undergo the procedure. [+info]
Posted in News, World Tagged with: 2015, Anthropology, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Interview, Representations, World
The Complexity of Female Circumcision: Your Thoughts
Many readers were jarred by an Atlantic interview with an anthropologist who tackled a controversial question: What if some women choose to get cut—and even celebrate it? [+info]
Posted in News, World Tagged with: 2015, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Interview, Perceptions, Representations, World
Nigeria’s bill targeting FGM is a positive step, but must be backed by investment
A gender violence law seeking to ban female genital mutilation must be supported by efforts to tackle the attitudes that underpin abuses against women. [+info]
Nigeria’s female genital mutilation ban is important precedent, say campaigners
As the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, bans FGM in one of his final acts, groups look to the last African nations who have not yet made it illegal [+info]
Em 10 anos, financiamento de projetos contra mutilação genital subiu 600%
Número foi apresentado pelo secretário-geral da ONU em evento especial para eliminar a prática; Ban Ki-moon afirma que mais importante do que as verbas é o fato de as mentalidades estarem mudando. [+info]
In Burkina Faso, an Anti-FGM/C Law May Have Prevented over 200,000 Girls from Being Cut
Despite a global ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and extensive advocacy campaigns and grassroots efforts to eradicate the practice, more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut, and in a few countries, FGM/C rates are on the rise. In others,…
