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Activist Speaks On How She Survived ‘Highly Demonic’ Female Genital Mutilation

endfgmtoday October 24, 2017 October 24, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, endorsers of FGM in America, Feminism, FGM, Health Information, Importing FGM to America, Legislation, Press Release, Religious practice, U.S.

Full Article Originally Posted at: http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/21/activist-speaks-on-how-she-survived-highly-demonic-female-genital-mutilation/ A human rights activist relayed the “demonic ” experience of female genital mutilation (FGM) she underwent to a small crowd Thursday night at George Washington University. Anti-FGM activist F.A. Cole spoke about her personal experience at “Understanding FGM/C in the U.S, ” a six-person panel discussing the…

Sex charge should stick in mutilation case, feds say

endfgmtoday October 24, 2017 October 24, 2017ACLU, at-risk girls, Detroit, Domestic Violence Act, Elizabeth Yore, endorsers of FGM in America, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Health Information, Immigrants, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Media, Michigan, Religious practice, U.S.

full article originally posted at: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/10/19/sex-charge-stick-genital-mutilation-case-feds-say/106793430/ Detroit – Dr. Jumana Nagarwala digitally penetrated and cut the genitalia of 7-year-old girls and should face a sex charge in the nation’s first female genital mutilation trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors made the argument four weeks after the Northville doctor and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar of…

These are the best and worst megacities for women to live in

endfgmtoday October 24, 2017 October 24, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, Feminism, Health Information, Media, U.S.

Article originally posted at: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a13042245/best-and-worst-megacities-for-women/ When it comes to the best place to be a woman, it turns out London isn’t so bad. The UK capital has been deemed the best megacity for women, according to the results of a survey carried out by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The poll questioned 380 experts in…

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Half a Million Girls & Women in the United States at Risk

endfgmtoday October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, endorsers of FGM in America, Feminism, FGM, Importing FGM to America, U.S., UN, WHO

Full Article originally posted at: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Half a Million Girls & Women in the United States at Risk Newswise — WASHINGTON, DC (October 12, 2017)—The Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University, together with the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation and RAHMA, will…

Less Judgement, More Action Is Needed On Female Genital Mutilation

endfgmtoday October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017Africa, at-risk girls, Canada, Domestic Violence Act, endorsers of FGM in America, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Importing FGM to America, Legislation, Media, U.S., WHO

Originally posted at: https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/less-judgement-more-action-is-needed-on-female-genital-mutilation-shaazia-ebrahim/ Despite the dangers and growing opposition to the practice, female genital mutilation (FGM) persists across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over 200 million women and girls alive today have undergone FGM – the partial or total removal of their external female genitalia – or other…

Girls As Young As Infants Married by Parents

endfgmtoday October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, endorsers of FGM in America, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Health Information, Islam, Religious practice, U.S.

Full Article originally posted at: https://www.voanews.com/a/child-marriages-a-worldwide-issue/4065311.html Even before you finish reading this sentence, a girl-child will have gotten married in some part of the world illegally, new research reported Tuesday. Nearly 1 in every 4 seconds, or 20,000 girls younger than 18 are married each day illegally. Like the 12-year-old girl who…

40 Women To Watch Over 40 Celebrates Possibilities Ahead For Women

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

Full Article Originally posted at: 40 Women To Watch Over 40 Celebrates Possibilities Ahead For Women Nawal Nour is the Director of the African Women’s Health Center and other initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a foremost expert in combatting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) internationally. She…

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…

Unreported, Unsuspected, Undetected

endfgmtoday October 12, 2017 October 12, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, Elizabeth Yore, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Health Information, Legislation, Religious practice

The hidden trafficking of the practice of underground female genital mutilation in the United States often goes unreported, unsuspected and undetected. The first federal prosecution of female genital mutilation (18 USC § 116) is occurring in Detroit, Michigan, with the indictment of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, the alleged mutilator, along with eight…

FGM Excluded from Domestic Violence Act

endfgmtoday August 15, 2017 September 5, 2017Domestic Violence Act, Monrovia

The National Working Group Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has frowned on the National Legislature for omitting the FGM component from the passed Domestic Violence Act, calling on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to intervene and ensure that it is revised. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as ‘female genital cutting,’…