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Second Middle East & Asia Conference on FGM shows that new strategies are needed

2014/05/16

16.5.2014. By Stop FGM Middle East. On May 7th to 10th the Second Middle East & Asia Conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was held in Istanbul where more than thirty activists and researchers from Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia and India met as well as representatives from UNICEF Iraq, Orchid Project (England) […]

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Some thoughts on the Istanbul conference on FGM

2014/05/09

By Susan Al Shahri, 9.5.2014 I just realized I have not updated this blog for four months and I will not allow myself to feel guilty because my time has been occupied with things that will help my community. I intend to come back to writing as soon as possible once I’m finished with a couple […]

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In Oman more than 80% of women could be mutilated – Results of a two-week field trip

2014/01/31

Stop FGM Middle East, 3.2.2014. By Hannah Wettig Oman is not on the map of countries where female genital mutilation is practiced. Neither the United Nations nor international NGOs have taken notice of FGM in the Gulf region – except Yemen. Yet, there are quite a number of reports about its existence in Oman and […]

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New study in Oman shows high prevalance of FGM all over the Country

2014/01/22

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 […]

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Mufti of Oman: “We can’t describe it as a crime against women”

2014/01/21

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 […]

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Meeting a Circumciser: “Men suffer from it” – In Salalah facing up against FGM is almost impossible

2013/12/06

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 […]

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Oman: Precise descriptions of FGM already in the 1960s

2013/12/03

By Stop FGM Middle East Salalah, 3.12.2013. In recent years there have merely been rumors that female genital mutilation is practiced in Oman. Some bloggers wrote about it. In UN publications, the country was mentioned occasionally in reference to FGM, but no one seemed to know more. Most people seemed to believe that it exists […]

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Field Trip to Oman: FGM is acknowledged but everyone is afraid to tackle it

2013/11/30

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 […]

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