EndFGMToday: Gov. Kasich Signs Bill That Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation in Ohio, Protecting At-Risk Women and Girls in the State WASHINGTON, D.C.—The national EndFGMToday campaign is applauding Ohio Gov. John Kasich and state lawmakers for a bipartisan effort to protect women and girls from the horrific and barbaric procedure of female genital mutilation…
Originally published by the Center for Security Policy: This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. For some time now, 2018 has been called “The Year of the Woman.” That’s mostly because lots of women have been running for office and, more recently, because many won. Last week, a…
Originally published by the Center for Security Policy: LIZ YORE, Attorney and International Child Rights Advocate, Head of End FGM Today: FGM is no longer criminalized under federal law Long-term physical and emotional impacts of FGM procedure Significance of the ‘The Safe Act’ HR3317 DIANA WEST, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Blogs…
Originally published by the Center for Security Policy: This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. A federal judge in Detroit has just intensified the danger faced by over half a million women and girls living in the United States. That’s the shocking number the Centers for Disease Control…
Originally published by FGM: While the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a practice common in some Muslim-majority and African countries, has only recently been thrust into the American sphere, there has been debate over the practice in the UK for decades. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled Tuesday that…
While America’s sexual predators find themselves exposed to the light of day, our country faces deeper, graver consequences as to the treatment of women in America. All of America knew Bill Clinton as a sexual predator. Most of Hollywood knew Harvey Weinstein preyed on aspiring actresses. No one knew about…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From $7 for a Rohingya refugee to $750 for a North Korean “slave wife”, human rights activists have voiced concerns that it is becoming increasingly easy to enslave another human being as the cost plummets. The average modern-day slave is sold for $90-100 compared to…
Full Article orginally Posted at:http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-may-ban-female-genital-mutilation-for-girls-under/ZUEBgGRGt3De0vxtNoUlTO/ Columbus Ohio does not explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation — a practice that state Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants to outlaw for girls under 18. “It is pretty evident that it’s an extremely painful procedure and it has life-long effects on young women, ” Lehner…
The Somali women that Djesa describes in her PhD thesis on female genital mutilation often feel patronised by Norwegian health personnel. Credit: iStockphoto 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…