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Submission to the UN: Medicalization of FGM in Indonesia

2014/03/31

31.3.2014. Terre des Femmes and Watch Indonesia!have send an additional submission to the United Nations Comitee on the Rights of the Child, 66th Session, in which they call for a ban on female genital mutilation in Indonesia. In their statement they describe how medicalization leads to an increase of FGM: “Many hospitals offer FGM as […]

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Ahmadiyya: Not in Islam’s Name

2014/03/28

28.3.2014. The Ahmadiyya community is joining the struggle against female genital mutilation (FGM). Already on March 7th the Ahmadiyya Times published a fierce condemnation of FGM by Qasim Rashid calling FGM and act of terrorism. Now Farooq Aftab, a spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth writes on Your Middle East: “Not in Islam’s name, not […]

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Egypt launches first prosecution for female genital mutilation after girl dies

2014/03/18

Dr Raslan Fadl and father of the 13-year-old girl who died during cutting are the first to be prosecuted in Egypt for practice of FGM The Guardian, 14.03.2014 A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation, after a 13-year-old girl died following an alleged operation in […]

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MALDIVES: Cleric calls for FGM on Islamic grounds

2014/03/14

Lapidomedia 12th March 2014. By Vishal Arora CUTTING OFF a piece of a young girl’s flesh might at last be getting the recognition it deserves in the West as a human rights violation, but in the Maldives it is making a return as a ‘religious obligation’. A fatwa has been issued by an influential Islamic […]

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PREVALENCE OF AND SUPPORT FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION WITHIN THE COPTS OF EGYPT: UNICEF REPORT (2013)

2014/03/14

12.3.2014. Discorus Boles on Coptic Nationalism. In a previous article, I surveyed Egypt’s statistics in respect of the prevalence of and support for female genital mutilation (FGM) as revealed in the UNICEF’s document, published in July 2013, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change. The figures given are concerned […]

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Stop FGM in Kurdistan: An Interview with the Activists

2014/03/07

Honor Diaries, 5.3.2014. By Heidi Basch-Harod Communicating from Suleymaniah in Iraqi Kurdistan, STOP FGM Kurdistan Co-founders Thomas von der Osten-Sacken and Falah Murad Khan unpack the multi-layered efforts contributing to the ongoing campaign to win political, social, and civil rights for women.

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Unicef questions need to perform FGM in Muslim nations

2014/03/04

04.03.2014, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics A Unicef official has questioned why female genital mutilation (FGM) needs to be carried out in Muslim countries. According to Haydar Nasser, FGM is not a requirement under the Islamic faith and is actually a practice that dates back to the pharaohs. He also noted that the Koran […]

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Female Genital Mutilation in Iran: Prohibited but not persecuted

2014/03/04

4.3.2014. The gender researcher Rayeheh Mozafarian has tackled the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran in a new scientific study. Sie demands an open discussion about the problem to stop the practice. Rayeyeh Mozafarian who is working at the University of Schiraz conducted interviews about FGM in several Iranian provinces between 2007 and […]

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