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.
FAITH FILE: OK, Let’s Talk About Cheap Sex, Female Genital Mutilation And Jesus
Now that I have your attention… Federal officials arrested two Muslim women who drove from their Minnesota homes to Detroit to subject their seven-year-old daughters to the horrific — and illegal in the U.S. — practice of female genital mutilation, or female circumcision. “Haseena Halfal, 34, of Plymouth, Minnesota, and…
New legislation targets female genital mutilation in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP) – Federal prosecutors indicted two women accused of taking their seven year old daughters to a Michigan clinic for a procedure where their genitalia was cut. It’s a produce known as female genital mutilation, which is illegal. Our Political Reporter Nick Minock joins us now…
Two Minnesota Mothers Charged in Michigan Genital Mutilation Case, Taking Number of Defendants to Eight
DETROIT — Two Minnesota mothers have been charged in an investigation of genital mutilation in an Indian American Muslim sect, months after bringing their daughters to a Detroit-area clinic. A new indictment was unsealed Sept. 14 in Detroit federal court, raising the number of defendants to eight. The eight include…
Moms Charged In Female Genital Mutilation Case Involving 7-Year-Old Daughters
DETROIT (WWJ) – New charges Thursday connected to an investigation into female genital mutilation (FGM) in Michigan. Federal Prosecutors have indicted two women from Minnesota, accused of bringing their two 7-year-old daughters to Michigan to have the procedure in which genitalia were cut. [INDICTMENT — CAUTION GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND DESCRIPTIONS] The woman…
20 people trained to stop female genital mutilation in Imo
Owerri—No fewer than 20 staff of Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, as well as community women leaders, have been trained to carry out the message for the stoppage of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, in the area. The inauguration and training of the local government technical committee on FGM…
Women Initiative For Self Help Ends Workshop on Gender Base Violence
Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – Women Initiative for Self Help (WISH) Liberia, Inc. has ended a two-day workshop on its nine months project title, ‘Rescue My Sister,’ in Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County. The project is an advocacy for abandonment of Female Genital mutilation (F.G.M) practices, violence against women and girls…
Muslim Website Blames Jews for Misinformation on Female Genital Mutilation
Muslims in Calgary, a group purporting to represent more than 75,000 Muslims in the Canadian city, made a pitch for its version of female genital mutilation and blamed the “Jewish controlled media” for anti-FGM attitudes. The article, which was posted in July but recently received national attention, attempts to distinguish between female…
Former Muslim, Anti-FGM Campaigner Shazia Hobbs Suspended from Twitter
A Muslim apostate and high profile campaigner against both female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage has been suspended from micro-blogging platform Twitter, amidst a wider crackdown on right wing voices on the website, and other online platforms like Facebook. Twitter users noticed the prolific writer and campaigner had vanished…
Female Genital Mutilation USA: Where Is the Outrage?
Several years ago, when I heard about Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, I thought I had been mistaken. The idea that such an atrocity taking place in modern times could not be reconciled with my naive thinking at the time. After reading Alice Walker’s book, Possessing the Secret of Joy, I realized…
Religious freedom advocate: Female genital mutilation is unjustifiable
Washington D.C., Aug 29, 2017 / 12:03 pm (CNA).- While lawyers defending the practice of female genital mutilation claim that it is protected by religious freedom rights, one leading religious liberty advocate insists that it must be condemned as a human rights violation. “Religious freedom does not protect harmful practices, and in…