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Genital Mutilation

Sudan's Female Genital Mutilation Countered By Henna-Dyed Hands

NYCity News Service | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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Sudan has tried to eradicate female genital mutilation since 1946 to little avail. But now women's health groups have taken the crusade in their own hands--or rather, their own painted hands--in an effort to subvert the practice.

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Uganda To Outlaw Female Circumcision

Yahoo! News | Fri Jul 3, 7:45 Am ET | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

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France Seeks To Prohibit Forced Marriage, Genital Mutilation

AP | LAURENCE JOAN-GRANGE | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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PARIS — France's government launched a campaign Tuesday against forced marriages and genital mutilation, seeking to protect women from practices...

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Witch-Hunt: The Hidden War on African Women

Johann Hari | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

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Johann Hari

Across Africa, a war is being waged on women -- but we are refusing to hear the screams. I have traveled into the secretive shadow world that mutilates millions of African women.

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Genital Mutilation: African Women Risk Lives To Fight For Others

The Independent | Katrina Manson | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

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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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Kenyan Girls As Young As 9 Fleeing Forced Circumcision

BBC NEWS | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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At least 300 girls in south-western Kenya have fled from home and sought refuge in churches in a bid to escape forced female genital mutilation (FGM)....

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