The Gambia has announced it will ban female genital mutilation (FGM) after the Guardian launched a global campaign to end the practice. [+info]
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Under the Knife
Last month, Nigeria became the most recent African country to formally banfemale genital mutilation, a barbaric practice performed on 150 million girls across the world. The move was cheered around the globe, but the celebration was tinged with some reservation. Realistically,…
FGM is a form of torture, but the law alone cannot end it in this country
Yesterday was an historic day. It was the day that the first prosecution under the FGM Act 2003 was concluded, with the jury acquitting both defendants, a doctor for performing FGM and another man for inciting FGM. [+info]
Fighting female genital mutilation among India’s Bohra
Mumbai, India – About 40 years ago at the age of seven, Masooma Ranalvi was lured to a dark alley in a decrepit-looking building by her grandma’s promise of ice-cream. It is a day that she will never forget. [+info]
Petition Against Female Genital Mutilation Provokes An Angry Backlash
For many minorities, what happens in the community stays in the community. But last winter, 17 Indian women from a tiny sect of Islam blew the lid off a guarded secret, spurring scrutiny, controversy, debate and vituperative abuse. Since then,…
Na Guiné-Bissau, 30% das meninas até aos 14 anos sofrem a excisão
Fatumata Djau Baldé, Presidente do Comité Nacional para o Abandono de Práticas Tradicionais Nefastas à Saúde da Mulher e da Criança, denuncia mutilação genital feminina [+info]
