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New petition against FGM in Indonesia

5.4.2014. On Force Change, a plattform for petitions, a new petition was posted asking the Un secretary general Ban Ki-Moon to stop female genital mutilation in Indonesia. You can sign the petition here.

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Submission to the UN: Medicalization of FGM in Indonesia

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

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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MALDIVES: Cleric calls for FGM on Islamic grounds

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)

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

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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Female Genital Mutilation in Iran: Prohibited but not persecuted

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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Open Democracy: Embracing shame: turning honour on its head

14 February 2014. The challenge that embracing shame poses to the longstanding perversion of honour, is the struggle for women’s human rights –  the realisation of which will result in the entire community’s advancement and healing. by Heidi Basch-Harod The social construct and custom of honour maintains order for many societies in the middle east […]

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Far East clinics offer genital mutilation to UK girls BBC News

16.2.2014. A British reporter calls up clinics in Singapore asking if she can have her daughter mutilated there. Yes, she can, for 35$. Another reason why our struggle in Asia is so important: Parents may perceive the “service” in Singapore as clean and professional and not understand that this is ruining their daughters life just […]

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Cleric supports Battle against Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan

February 10, 2014 SULÊMANÎ, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,—  For many years, people have believed that practicing of female genital mutilation (FGM) is required by Islamic religion, and that is why the majority of people, especially in towns and villages in KRG provinces, adhere to the practice. However, a well-known Kurdish Islamic scholar recently issued a Fatwa […]

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