Female genital mutilation (FGM) isn't someone else's problem. It has come to America.
Female genital mutilation is something we all must be concerned about.
Not only for the victims in foreign countries.
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls in America are in danger of FGM.
The world is waking up to the reality of mutilating women and girls. The United Nations has designated February 6 as the Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM, and is in Phase III of eradicating the practice worldwide.
The movement to ban FGM is picking up among state legislatures across America.
EndFGMtoday.com shows what you can do to help.
40 Women To Watch Over 40 Celebrates Possibilities Ahead For Women
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
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…
Ohio may ban female genital mutilation for girls under 18
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…
Unreported, Unsuspected, Undetected
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…
Women Under 25 Account For About Half Of All Sex Offence Victims
Young women under the age of 25 were victims in about half of all sexual offence cases brought by the Crown Prosecution Service last year, while women aged 24 and under also made up a quarter of domestic abuse victims. Statistics on victims’ ages in cases of violence against women…
Labiaplasty with Clitoral Unhooding
Labiaplasty is a controversial cosmetic surgery procedure on the female external genitalia, which many have equated with the oft-condemned female genital mutilation (FGM) that has been made a criminal offence in most developed countries. It is noteworthy that both procedures have almost identical verbal descriptions and thus their essential similarity…
Borked under fire
As Americans become more entrenched in our strengthening secular bunker, attacks on Christianity have become more commonplace. Being too faithful is problematic, especially for those in public life as witnessed by the dishonorable attack by Sen. Diane Feinstein upon Amy Barrett, the Notre Dame Law school professor nominated by President…
Lawmakers consider implications of female-mutilation ban
Home / All News / Lawmakers consider implications of female-mutilation ban Rep. Linda Slocum, DFL-Richfield, left, speaks during a joint House-Senate Legislative Task Force on Child Protection hearing Tuesday. Slocum questioned whether a bill aimed at thwarting the practice of female genital mutilation was “race-based.” (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly) Hennepin County Human Services Director…
Courageous American Feminist: Phyllis Chesler
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…
Hospital Reprimanded for Genital Mutilation Advertisement
The Health Support Service Department is taking action against the Lelux Hospital for advertising surgery for female genital mutilation. “We consider such advertisements, which includes a picture of a patient with her legs wide apart, inappropriate and against public morals,” Arkom Praditsuwan, who heads the department’s Bureau of Sanatorium…