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…
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…
/ 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…
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…
Circumcision, eating restrictions and resting on Shabbat differentiated Jews from the polytheistic nations of the Hellenist world and the Roman Empire. But during the period of the Jewish commonwealth and most of the Persian period, residents of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah didn’t circumcise their sons. All the kings…
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…
Maine’s legislature failed to protect little girls from a horrible mutilation practice, so the bill’s sponsor now is focusing on the governor’s office in hopes of reviving it. State Representative Heather Sirocki tried to get a bill passed to criminalize female genital mutilation practiced by part of the state’s population.…
The push to bring female genital mutilation (FGM) to an end throughout the nation continues — but this time all eyes are on Maine. If the House fails to call up the bill again on Wednesday Maine could end up being “a safe harbor for mutilators,” as Liz Yore head…
#EndFGMToday Urges Maine Residents to Contact Lawmakers to Protect Girls and Women from This Barbaric Practice; Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon Against Bringing L.D. 745 Up for Vote Washington, D.C.—Today, Maine lawmakers will have a chance to protect girls from the horrors of female genital mutilation (FGM) through the crucial…
Republican Representative Heather Sirocki says her research suggests female genital mutilation is happening in Maine, and she wants to stop it. “I get private Facebook messages from nurses; I get personal conversation from folks, they’re telling me what they’re seeing in Maine hospitals,” Sirocki said. No Maine hospital would confirm…