Jul 29, 2005 . Children undergoing the procedure risk infertility due to recurrent infections - researchers hope the evidence will encourage a ban on the .

Attempts to present the practice from a variety of perspectives and serve as a networking resource for organizations doing work related to FGC.

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting . Hygiene and aesthetic reasons: where it is believed that the female genitalia are dirty and unsightly. .

Dec 13, 2000 . Female circumcision is frequently described as an "age-old Muslim ritual," when in fact it predates Islam and is even believed to be .

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Dec 12, 2009 . The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill banning female genital mutilation, a traditional rite that has sparked an international .

May 1, 2010 . The spectrum of these genital procedures has been termed female circumcision, or more frequently, female genital mutilation (FGM) as a .

Aug 28, 2010 . Acclaimed sexologist Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, author of several highly illuminating books on genital mutilation, discusses compromises in .

Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe.

Dec 15, 2009 . The terms female genital cutting (FGC), female circumcision, and female genital mutilation (FGM) all describe the cultural practice of .

Female genital mutilation is still widely practiced in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Walker, whose 1992 novel Possessing the Secret of Joy explored the .

You are at "Female Circumcision".] "The plain fact is that circumcision is a form of "child care" that male babies can well do without. .

Jan 18, 2011 . This week, 34 well-regarded Mauritanian religious and national leaders signed a fatwa, or Islamic law, banning female genital mutilation .

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Jun 22, 2008 . Police are to stage high-profile checks on flights to a number of African states in an attempt to stop young girls being taken abroad to be .

Jul 9, 2010 . The American Academy of Pediatrics' short-lived policy revision on female circumcision ignites debate over how best to eradicate the .

In defense of female circumcision. Can I say that a practice from a culture other than my own is wrong? You bet I can! Yet another exchange of e-mail .

Female genital mutilation is usually performed by traditional practitioners, generally elderly women in the community specially designated for this task, .

A free collection of articles about female genital cutting published in The New York Times.

Feb 15, 2010 . Is it a good idea to fight against female circumcision? Not neccesarily according to Sierra Leonean-American anthropologist Fuambai Ahmadu. .

Feb 14, 2008 . Female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision, refers to "all procedures involving .

The World Health Organization has condemned the mutilations as disastrous to women's health and as indefensible on humane grounds. In the United States, .

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Jun 30, 2010 . In June, Human Rights Watch released a study about female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, in Iraqi Kurdistan that stresses .

Mar 16, 2011 . This blog posts any and all news related to Female Genital Cutting (FGC). It tracks only content that discusses FGC as a MAIN subject. .

May 6, 2010 . The American Academy of Pediatrics suggested that doctors be .

An introduction to female genital mutilation. Including what it is, countries that practice it, and a discussion on the religious influence, .

Paper discussing the practice of female genital cutting, questioning its legitimacy in Muslim cultural practice.

In this pamphlet we shall concentrate on female genital mutilation. Male circumcision is clearly a Muslim tradition. Although it is not prescribed in the .

Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the .

Female circumcision or cutting is usually referred to as female genital mutilation, done to conform to cultural or religious traditions or beliefs.

There is a lot of controversy on the issue of Female Circumcision or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It is prohibited by law in most Westen Countries since .

What is Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/FGC)? FGC/FGM refers to all procedures involving . Sometimes referred to as pharaonic circumcision. Type 4 : .

The Muslim Women's League comments: "According to Sayyid Sabiq, renowned .

Female Circumcision gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision .

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Dec 30, 2005 . This page contains a 1959 medical journal article describing alleged medical indications for female circumcision. NOHARMM is a non-profit, .

In 1993 a medical practitioner was charged with performing female circumcision, with the full knowledge that the practise was illegal. .

Female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), female circumcision, or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), .

Jul 25, 2010 . Female circumcision will be inflicted on up to 2000 British schoolgirls during the summer holidays – leaving brutal physical and emotional .

Nov 1, 1985 . While some forms of female circumcision merely involve minor nicking of the clitoris or ritual defloration (manual breaking of the hymen), .

Jan 3, 2008 . It's an unspeakable practice that should have died out centuries ago. Yet as this Mail investigation reveals, it is still destroying the .

Feb 22, 2010 . Before delving deep into the question of female circumcision, we would like to make it clear that "female circumcision" means removing the .

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Aug 24, 2009 . A disturbing "birds eye" view about the atrocities and human rights abuses that revolve around female circumcision in many parts of Africa.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia.1 External genitals include the clitoris, labia, .

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