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FGM Campaigner Leyla Hussein on Why Genital Cutting Is a Global Problem

endfgmtoday October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, endorsers of FGM in America, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Health Information, Importing FGM to America, Legislation, Media, U.S., United Kingdom

Originally Posted at: https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/10/11/fgm-campaigner-leyla-hussein-on-why-genital-cutting-is-a-global-problem NEW YORK – Leyla Hussein has become one of the world’s most visible campaigners against female genital mutilation (FGM). However, the FGMsurvivor, psychotherapist and award-winning advocate for gender equality, thinks the practice can only be stamped out if the affected communities tackle it with just the right combination of political…

Lawmakers consider implications of female-mutilation ban

endfgmtoday October 11, 2017 October 11, 2017at-risk girls, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Legislation, Religious practice

Home / All News / Lawmakers consider implications of female-mutilation ban Rep. Linda Slocum, DFL-Richfield, left, speaks during a joint House-Senate Legislative Task Force on Child Protection hearing Tuesday. Slocum questioned whether a bill aimed at thwarting the practice of female genital mutilation was “race-based.” (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly) Hennepin County Human Services Director…

Courageous American Feminist: Phyllis Chesler

endfgmtoday October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017at-risk girls, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Legislation, Religious practice, Uncategorized

Anything men can do women can do as well, maybe better was the declaration of the British writer Mary Wollstonecraft, whose “Vindication of the Rights of Women” was published in 1792. She denied the prevailing attitude that women are naturally inferior to men and insisted that women and men should be equally…

Hospital Reprimanded for Genital Mutilation Advertisement

endfgmtoday October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017at-risk girls, Immigrants, Importing FGM to America

The Health Support Service Department is taking action against the Lelux Hospital for advertising surgery for female genital mutilation. “We consider such advertisements, which includes a picture of a patient with her legs wide apart, inappropriate and against public morals,” Arkom Praditsuwan, who heads the department’s Bureau of Sanatorium…

Female genital mutilation trial moved to June 2018

endfgmtoday October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017at-risk girls, Detroit, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Legislation, Michigan

Jumana Nagarwala The trial date for the landmark genital mutilation case involving a former Henry Ford Health System doctor and seven other defendants has again been moved forward – this time for eight months, to allow attorneys and prosecutors more opportunity to prepare. The jury trial for Jumana Nagarwala and…

What is Female Genital Mutilation or FGM?

endfgmtoday October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017at-risk girls, Immigrants, Importing FGM to America, Legislation, Religious practice

/ Al Jazeera answers to the most asked questions about FGM. What does FGM stand for? FGM stands for Female Genital Mutilation, which consists of the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. It is also known by other names including ‘cutting’, ‘female circumcision’ and ‘initiation’. Which countries…

Communication is key to understanding female circumcision

endfgmtoday October 5, 2017 October 5, 2017at-risk girls, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Legislation

Lack of communication hampers the prevention of female genital mutilation, according to anthropologist Rachel Issa Djesa. She has observed encounters between Norwegian authorities, health personnel and Somali women in Norway. The Somali women that Djesa describes in her PhD thesis on female genital mutilation often feel patronised by Norwegian health…

WHO Headquarters Leadership Team

endfgmtoday October 5, 2017 October 5, 2017at-risk girls, Importing FGM to America

Deputy Directors-General Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director-General for Programmes Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed Deputy Director-General for Programmes (DDP). A pediatrician from the India and a globally recognized researcher on tuberculosis and HIV, she brings with her 30 years of experience in clinical care and research and has worked…

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

endfgmtoday August 10, 2017 August 10, 2017at-risk girls, Somalia

Asha Ali Ibrahim, 41, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in Diaami, Hargeisa and other parts of Somalia since 1997. July and August are her busiest months of the year. “This is the peak season, when parents bring their children to be cut,” she told UNFPA. July,…

Female genital mutilation in N. America; feminists silent

endfgmtoday August 2, 2017 August 3, 2017at-risk girls, Feminism, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Religious practice

Candice Malcolm of TheRebel.media reports on occurrences of female genital mutilation in North America and asks why feminists have been silent.