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New study in Oman shows high prevalance of FGM all over the Country
By Stop FGM Middle East. 22.1.2014. According to a new study from Oman, female genital mutilation constitutes a widespread phenomenon in Oman in all age groups, and among women from all regional and educational backgrounds. Out of 100 women questioned 78 stated to be “circumcised” (they were asekd if had undergone “khatana al banat”). The […]
Mufti of Oman: “We can’t describe it as a crime against women”
By Stop FGM Middle East. 21.1.2014. The Omani human rights activist Habiba Al Hinai send the Grand Mufti of Oman Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalili an inquiry about the stance of Islam towards FGM. The Mufti of Oman replied in a letter in early December 2013: Circumcision is allowed in Sunnah, and none of the […]
Study in Yemen shows decline in FGM rates
A recent study about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Yemen based on the UN and government implemented Domestic Health Surveys shows a small, yet relevant drop in FGM. This decrease can be connected to campaigns and government measures taken against FGM. The authors evalutated the answers of 10,345 (in 1997) and 11,252 (in 2003) ever married […]
Anti-FGM Campaigners Mark Progress in Egypt
We News, 23.12.2013. By Jessica Gray After the death of 13-year-old Suhair al Bata’a this summer, an intensive awareness campaign about the hazards of FGM/C reached into 11 governorates across Egypt. But advocates say the battle against a practice dating back to the age of the Pharaohs will take time and persistence. CAIRO, Egypt (WOMENSENEWS)– […]
Sexual mutilations outside Africa : new report and new denial except the Iraqi case
Sisyphe, 19.12.2013. Interview with Oliver M. Piecha, researcher at Stop FGM in the Middle East by Mirielle Vallette The new summary report of UNICEF still does not dare to address the issue of female genital mutilation in the Middle East and South East Asia. Wadi, an German-Iraqi NGO lobbies to make things change. UNICEF have […]
The Lancet: FGM in the Middle East
13.12.2013. The renown science magazine “The Lancet” acknowledges on its editor’s page that FGM exists beyond Africa. Under the title “Female genital mutilation in the Middle East” Farrokh Habibzadeh affirms: “FGM is mainly practised in Africa but is also done in other regions. For example, the prevalence of this procedure is very high in Iraqi […]
Female genital mutilation on the rise among Southeast Asian Muslims
Global Post, 10.12.2013. More than 90 percent of women surveyed in Malaysia have been circumcised, and experts say increasing regional Islamic conservatism may be the reason why. Though World Health Organization reporting in 2011 indicated a decline in the practice of female genital mutilation — also known as female circumcision — experts say it is actually […]
Iraqi Kurdistan fights female circumcision
Deutsche Welle. 9.12.2013. Female circumcision is slowly declining in Iraqi Kurdistan. Years of campaigning and a law against the practise have borne fruit. Some villages went from 100 percent of all young girls being circumcised to none. “Circumcision brought us problems. It is much better for husband and wife when it is not happening.” The […]
Meeting a Circumciser: “Men suffer from it” – In Salalah facing up against FGM is almost impossible
By Stop FGM Mideast Salalah 4.12.2013. The women at the Women’s Association call her Doctor Marzouka. With her sun glasses and gold rings on her fingers the 50 something year old lady has a modern air around her. Playing with her car keys she shows that she is an emancipated woman – women driving is […]
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 […]