After the Supreme Court declared triple talaq as unconstitutional, women activists have come forward to demand a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) or khatna. Young girls belonging to Bohra community have to undergo severe pain when they are subjected to genital cutting. Earlier it was considered as a taboo…
DETROIT, MI — Federal prosecutors charged two Detroit-area doctors, who are also accused of female genital mutilation, with an additional crime usually reserved for pimps who prostitute young girls. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville, a former physician at Henry Ford Hospital, is accused of performing religious-based female circumcisions on…
The Oslo Freedom Forum usually takes place in Oslo, obviously. But occasionally they meet elsewhere — as they did in New York last week. One of the speakers was Leyla Hussein, born in Somalia. She has lived in Britain for many years. She is an extraordinary campaigner, a campaigner against…
Female genital mutilation (or circumcision, or cutting) is reviled as one of the most egregious violations of human rights. But hundreds of millions of women have undergone some of form of FGC and there is fierce resistance to eliminating the traditional practice. Is it possible to reconcile it with human rights?…
Doctor Freed Last Week on $4.5 Million Bond,While Two Mothers of 7-Year-Old Girls Indicted on Charges Washington, D.C.—A doctor charged with mutilating the genitals of young girls in Michigan is out on bond, after a judge released her from pre-trial detention last week. The $4.5 million bond was met by 17 of…
The doctor accused in the nation’s first-ever female genital mutilation (FGM) case has been released on bond after raising $4.5 million. The bulk of the money came from 17 supporters, who put up their homes as collateral. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala has been in jail since her arrest in April. Nargarwala…
UNITED NATIONS —World leaders meeting at the United Nations on Wednesday launched a half-billion-dollar effort to end violence against women and girls, a crime suffered by 1 in 3 in their lifetimes. The effort will fund anti-violence programs that promote prevention, bolster government policies and provide women and girls with…
(AP) – A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls in a Muslim sect will be released from jail as she awaits trial. A judge on Tuesday was persuaded to grant bond to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala after supporters pledged to pay more than $4 million if she flees…
Some practitioners are happy to perform brutal female genital mutilation (FGM) procedures on little girls on kitchen tables in New York City, warns a leading organization. More than 48,400 women and girls in the state of New York are at risk of or have undergone FGM, estimates the Population Reference…
The effects of practices like female genital mutilation and child marriage on women’s health and wellbeing – and that of their children – are no mystery. What is not so well understood is which measures do the most to reduce the prevalence of such practices. WASHINGTON, DC – In the…