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…
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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,…
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,…
