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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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,…
