Female Genital Cutting

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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Female Genital Mutilation: Who Has The Right To Name It A Crime?

Bessie A. Winn-Afeku | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Womens Bodies, Women, Women's Rights, Activism, Female Genital Mutilation, Womens Issues, Fgm, Womens Health, Feminism, Female Genital Cutting, Impact, Impact News
Bessie A. Winn-Afeku

In order for FGM to be effectively abolished in these societies, it will be necessary for actual members of these societies to reject it, and to do so with conviction, as with any societal "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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Dancing to End Female Genital Cutting

Julia Lalla-Maharajh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Davos, Orchid Project, World Social Forum, Human Rights, Africa, Dakar, Communities, Fgc, Gambia, Molly Melching, Female Genital Cutting, Senegal, Tostan, Bill Clinton, Unicef, Cultural Differences, Impact News
Julia Lalla-Maharajh

Communities are changing, shifting, abandoning. The very people who have perpetuated the practice of female genital cutting for centuries are choosing to change.

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Who's Afraid of Shariah?

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Muslim Americans, Multicultural, Anti-Islam, Fgm, Honor Killings, Sharia Law, Multifaith, Shari'a Law, Sarah Palin, Iran, Pluralism, Shariah, American Muslims, Saudi Arabia, Bigotry, Female Genital Cutting, Sharia, Islam, Muslim Women, Understanding Islam, Understanding, Shari'A, Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Protesters, Shariah Law, Muslims, Interfaith, Loonwatch, Stoning, Islamic Law, Hate Rallies, Religion News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

How many of those anti-Islam protesters holding "No Sharia Law" signs (as if anyone were advocating shariah law in the U.S.) actually know what the word means? I'd say, oh, none.

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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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Female Genital Mutilation in Georgia, USA

Julia Lalla-Maharajh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Avaaz, Human Rights, Unicef, Female Genital Mutilation, Fgm, Senegal, Tostan, Female Genital Cutting, Molly Melching, Politics News
Julia Lalla-Maharajh

We can and we should be doing more. Female genital mutilation is one of the least researched, least resourced, least talked about issues that the world faces today.

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Smashing the Silence Around FGM

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Women's Rights, Women, Circumcision, Fgm, Violence Against Women, Women's Health, Female Genital Cutting, World News
Mona Eltahawy

Female genital mutilation is a painful reality for at least 3 million girls each year. Along with my aunt, I belong to the first generation of women in my family not to have been subjected to it.

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WISE Muslim Women Standing Up

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Philippines, Women's Rights, Equality, Islam, Muslim Women, Fgm, Gender Equality, Muslim, Female Genital Mutilation, Women's Health, Islamic, Clitoridectomy, Female Genital Cutting, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Along with over 200 other Muslim women from 55 countries, I attended panels and seminars, all focused on educating and empowering Muslim women and promoting their rights from an Islamic perspective.

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Scandinavia Fights Female Genital Mutilation

globalpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Female Genital Mutilation Denmark, Women's Rights, Female Circumcision, Norway, Female Genital Mutilation, Scandinavia Female Genital Mutilation, Female Genital Cutting, Denmark, Sweden, Sweden Female Gentital Mutilation, Current Female Gential Mutilation, World News

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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