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Good news from Iraq, not so good from Egypt

2018/11/26

Short Report from the 3rd Middle East conference on FGM 26.11.2018. There is a lot done in Iraq and a lot to be done in Egypt – that could be the very brief summary of the two-day expert meeting on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Middle East. It was the third of such meetings […]

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FGM Worldwide, It’s Worse Than You Think

2018/11/25

25.11.2018. By Dr. John Chua On the 15th of November, the UK Government hosted the world’s experts on Female Genital Mutilation at an international conference. The keynote speech by the UK’s Home Secretary suggests a celebratory tone in acknowledging the successful reduction of FGM in Africa. Indeed, the UK in 2013 made the most generous […]

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Wadi talks on Deutsche Welle about FGM in Asia

2018/08/28

27.8.2018 The German women’s rights organization Terre des Femmes just came out with new figures about female genital mutilation (FGM): More than 65.000 women and girls are cut in Germany, 12 percent more than the last estimate. This rise is mainly due to an influx of refugees from Somalia, Eritrea and Iraq in recent years. […]

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New Study: Almost 100 percent women mutilated in region of Oman – Time to act!

2018/08/23

23.8.2018. The newest survey on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Oman bears shocking results: 95,5 percent of women reported to be mutilated. For the survey 200 women of different ages and educational backgrounds were interviewed in the governorate of Dakhiliyah during the last three months of 2017.

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