Female Circumcision

Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

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Ida Lichter, M.D.

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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Female Genital Cutting in Indonesia

Julia Lalla-Maharajh | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Female Circumcision, Indonesia, 6rchid Project, FGC in Asia, Female Genital Mutilation, Legalisation, FGM/C, WHO |, Fgm, Asia, Fgc, Female Genital Cutting, Impact News
Julia Lalla-Maharajh

It is clear that femail genital cutting is a social norm in Indonesia as much as in parts of West Africa, where social change programs have enabled communities to abandon the practice. But what is different is the lack of awareness that FGC is an issue.

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'Desert Flower' A Must-See Film About a Must-Change Custom

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liya Kebede, Wvfc, Female Circumcision, Female Genital Mutilation, Desert Flower, Anthony Mackie, Waris Dirie, Jacki Lyden, Women's Voices for Change, Female Genital Cutting, Film, Impact News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

Desert Flowerschronicles the story of a young Somali girl who made the journey from the harsh conditions as a desert nomad to unexpected success as a fashion model and activist.

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Female Circumcision -- 90 Percent of Childbearing Women in Egypt?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evelyn Leopold

Does that mean that most of the spirited young woman demonstrators and bloggers we have seen on TV have lost control over their bodies? Or do they belong to the lucky 10 percent?

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UN: Female Circumcision A 'Violation' That Must End

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — Top U.N. officials are calling for an end to female genital mutilation, saying it violates fundamental human rights and endange...

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Misogyny In The Muslim World: Bound By Culture Or Religion?

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Misogyny, Muslim Women, Fgm, Zainah Anwar, Sisters in Islam, Female Circumcision, One Million Signatures Campaign, Women?S Rights, Ijtihad, Guardian Law, Honor Killing, Fitna, Sharia Law, Islamic Women, Women's Empowerment, Women in Iran, Female Genital Mutilation, Islam and Women, Women in Sudan, Religion News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

In many Muslim societies, Islamic law deems women inferior to men. A woman's testimony is worth half that of a man, and her independence is restricted by seclusion in the home, laws of guardianship by male kin, polygamy and unilateral divorce.

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Sex With Egyptian Women (According to "Mike")

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karin Badt

Official Egyptian statistics say 97 percent of women aged 15 to 49, Christians and Muslims alike, have undergone what the UN calls female genital mutilation, or FGM.

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Dr. Marci Bowers Of Trinidad One Of Few U.S. Doctors To Specialize In Treating Female Circumcision Victims

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRINIDAD, Colo. — This picturesque southern Colorado town known for decades as the sex-change capital of the world – thousands of gender-reassignm...

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Teenage Girls Undergo 'Breast Ironing' In Cameroon (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teenage Pregnancy, Female Circumcision, Cameroon, Breast Ironing, Genital Mutilation, Young Girls, Teenage Girls, Breasts, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Africa @Y:World, Video, World News

Affecting one out of every four girls, the brutal practice of "breast ironing" is on the rise in the African country of Cameroon. The procedure -- whi...

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Female Circumcision Rife in Iraqi Kurdistan, Says Report

TIME | Sarah Tung | Posted 05.25.2011

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For many young girls in the world, a life-changing experience might be reaching puberty or discovering a first crush. For Gola, a 17-year-old student ...

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For Some, a "Little" Female Genital Mutilation Is Okay

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Female Circumcision, Half the Sky, Female Genital Mutilation, The Girls Protection Act, Male Circumcision, American Association of Pediatrics, Female Genital Cutting, The Handmaid's Tale, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

Some American doctors are recommending that maybe just a little clitoral cutting in pediatricians' offices across America should be acceptable as a way to keep more extreme forms of FMG from happening.

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Scandinavia Fights Female Genital Mutilation

globalpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- When she was 11, a Swedish-born girl was taken on vacation to her mother's native Somalia. The mother wanted to "make her daughte...

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Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lancet Study, Research, Penis, Abraham, Men's Health, Fgm, Kellogg, HIV/AIDS, God, World Health Organization, Female Genital Mutilation, Africa, Circumcision, Foreskin, Medicaid, Health Care, Condoms, Penile Cancer, Female Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, Healthy Living News
Ali A. Rizvi

The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.

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Uganda To Outlaw Female Circumcision

Yahoo! News | Fri Jul 3, 7:45 Am ET | Posted 11.17.2011

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Genital Mutilation: African Women Risk Lives To Fight For Others

The Independent | Katrina Manson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The female journalist was snatched by members of a secret society, forcibly stripped and made to parade naked through the streets. It might sound like...

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