posted by Christopher Holton A human rights lawyer, Mr Michael Olusola Ogunsakin, has called on mothers to stand against female genital mutilation, saying that the rate at which girls were being made to suffer unnecessary pains left much to be desired. Reacting to a recent report that 137 communities in Osun…
Criminalizing FGM Is an Important First Step, But Laws Must Be Tougher Now Without Federal Protections for Women and Girls WASHINGTON, D.C.—Twenty-seven states across the nation have instituted their own laws that criminalize the barbaric procedure of female genital mutilation (FGM), which is performed on girls as young as 7 years…
posted by Christopher W Holton British girls who may be at risk of being taken abroad to undergo female genital mutilation over the Christmas ‘cutting season’ have been urged to ask a trusted adult for help. FGM campaigner and survivor Dr Leyla Hussein warned the festive period can be a…
posted by Christopher W Holton Renewed calls for country to end practice after girl bleeds to death following mass initiation into secret society “A 10-year-old girl has died after undergoing female genital mutilation during a mass initiation into a secret society in Sierra Leone. The girl, one of 68 involved in…
posted by Christopher W Holton Federal prosecutors say they’ll ask an appeals court to reinstate genital mutilation charges thrown out by a Detroit federal judge. https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/20/feds-to-appeal-ruling-that-dismissed-female-genital-mutilation-charges-in-michigan/
posted by Christopher W. Holton The student newspaper at the University of Cincinnati, The News Record, has published a terrific editorial about female genital mutilation… http://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-we-should-care-about-female-genital-mutilation/article_c6c99cdc-fa39-11e8-82c1-abd352f33c5a.html
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Seattle Times recently published an editorial calling for the state of Washington to outlaw female genital mutilation… https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/washington-should-ban-female-genital-mutilation/
posted by Christopher W. Holton This week the Ohio House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill to outlaw female genital mutilation in the state. The bill will make it a crime to perform the procedure on girls under 18 or transport girls for the procedure. It would trigger…
Perpetrators in 23 States Across America Have a Free Pass to Inflict This Unnecessary and Barbaric Procedure on Girls as Young as 7 Years Old WASHINGTON, D.C.—Now that a district judge has declared a federal ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) unconstitutional, perpetrators in 23 states across Americahave a free pass to inflict this…
posted by Christopher W. Holton The head of EndFGMToday has a new opinion column published by the Daily Caller… https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/female-genital-mutilation-growing-crime/