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New study reveals FGM practiced in Kerala, India
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“The work to combat female genital mutilation begins with trust”
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Female genital mutilation driven by local customs in southern Iran – study
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New Report finds Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in 94 countries
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Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation: Faulty Policies, Unwilling Doctors, and Frightened Girls
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“I lost my baby in front of my eyes”, FGM adds to the tragedies facing Yemeni women
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Countering Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Iraq
Field Trip to Oman: FGM is acknowledged but everyone is afraid to tackle it
by Stop FGM Middle East 30.11.2013, Muscat. The activist Habiba Al Hinai has asked women in shopping malls and clinics about female genital mutilation. 78 percent reported to be circumcised – more than even the most FGM-critical Omani bloggers estimated (“Linoleum Surfer” assumed 20 percent victims). What is even more surprising about Al-Hinai’s ad-hoc-study: The […]
Robert F. Kennedy Center honours Egyptian attorney Ragia Omran with human rights award
Daily News Egypt, 26.11.2013. Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), presented Egyptian human rights attorney Ragia Omran with an award to honour her work and commitment to human rights in Egypt. Ms Omran, a cutting edge advocate for advancing women’s rights and ending […]
The Jordanian town that still circumcises women
The Daily Star, 13.11.2013. By Rana Sabbagh-Gargour RAHMAH, Jordan: Tucked away in a valley bounded by steep ridges of mountains and stretching from the Red Sea port city of Aqaba to the escarpment of the Southern Ghor of the Dead Sea, is the town of Rahmah. From the outside, the nondescript ramshackle town of over […]
Religious leader claims ignorance is behind FGM in Iraq
Figo, 4.11. 2013. Female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has been described as a “practice that results from ignorance or religious fervency” by one of the area’s best-known religious commentators. Adnan Ibraham made the comments to Al-Monitor after a report released by UNICEF revealed the problem is still most rife in […]
The Organization for Islamic Cooperation calls to end FGM
An OIC Statement dating March 11, 2013: The FGM is unfortunately only one of many cultural practices that are disguised as part of religious tradition. Child marriage, violence against women as well as other negative acts perpetuated are often misidentified as being part of Islamic tradition, whereas they are part of the local tradition and […]
IRAQI KURDISTAN: WADI shifts attitudes toward Female Genital Mutilation
Christian Peacemakers, 4.11.2013. by Rosemarie Milazzo Falah Muradkhan addresses the media On 30 October 2013, CPT’s partner organization, WADI Iraq office, organized a press conference—which media representatives from six major Kurdish satellite channels and several newspapers attended —about the decline in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kurdistan. The WADI project coordinator, Falah Muradkhan said his […]
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Last Press Statements »
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Putting the spotlight back on FGM in the Middle East – Wadi at the Women Deliver Conference 2026
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FGM in Iraq: More research needed after succesful campaign in Kurdistan led to ban of harmful practice
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Conference on 6th of Feb: Long-term approach to eradicate FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan yields results
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Feb 6: Wadi speaks on DW about what made success in Kurdistan possible
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6th of Feb: WADI announces FGM has dropped to zero in highly effected region in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Oman bans unexpectedly Female Genital Mutilation
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Study finds: FGM is practiced by Saudi women