Home » Posts tagged 'UNICEF' (Page 2)

Tag Archives: UNICEF

Categories

Sexual mutilations outside Africa : new report and new denial except the Iraqi case

2013/12/22 / 2 Comments on 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 […]

Continue Reading →

The Jordanian town that still circumcises women

2013/11/13

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 […]

Continue Reading →

Religious leader claims ignorance is behind FGM in Iraq

2013/11/07

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 […]

Continue Reading →

Post navigation

Newer posts →

Donation

Jetzt Spenden!

We have a great task ahead of us. To combat FGM in the Middle East, we support local activists and researchers and lobby for Anti-FGM legislation. Please support us in our mission!