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Category Archives: Female Genital Mutilation
European Parliament Addresses Female Genital Mutilation
The European Parliament met in November to discuss female genital mutilation, which is believed to be on the rise in Europe as the continent receives more immigrant families from African countries where female genital mutilation is practiced. Despite this, female … Continue reading
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Burkina Faso’s Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation Appears to Be Succeeding
Preliminary results suggest that Burkina Faso’s campaign against female genital mutilation may be succeeding, at least in some parts of the country, in ending the practice. In 1992, when Burkina Faso launched its anti-FGM campaign, as many as two-thirds of … Continue reading
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Sudan Pledges Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
In August, Sudan pledged to ban female genital mutilation in that country. According to a story carried by the UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, At the end of a regional three-day symposium held last week in Khartoum, Health Minister Ahmed … Continue reading
Ethiopian Immigrant Charged with Circumcising 2-Year-Old Daughter
An Ethiopian immigrant living in Atlanta, Georgia, was recently charged in that state for allegedly mutilating the genitals of his 2-year-old daughter. In Ethiopia, female genital mutilation is believed to be widespread, with as many as 70-90 percent of adult … Continue reading
Kenyan Women Assaulted by Anti-Trouser Religious Extremists in Kenya
The BBC had a brief item back in February about women in Kenya being assaulted by members of the Mungiki youth sect. The women were targeted because they were wearing trousers, and their assailants stripped them naked for this offense. … Continue reading
Female Genital Mutilation Hospitalized 21 Girls in Kenya
This happened back in October but is an frightening example of the dangers of |female genital mutiliation|. At the end of October, 21 girls in Kenya had to be hospotailized due to serious infections they developed after being forced to … Continue reading
Kenya’s President Says He’ll Enforce Ban on Genital Mutilation
In a speech on Kenya’s independence day, Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi promised to rigorously enforce a new law making female genital mutilation practices illegal on girls under 17. “Anyone found circumcising a girl of 16 will go straight to … Continue reading
BBC Profiles An Opponent of Female Genital Mutilation
The BBC recently ran a profile of Amna Badri, a campaigner against female genital mutilation who herself was a victim of the practice at the age of six in Sudan. Badri describes her own experience when she and her sister, … Continue reading
The European Union Addresses the Problem of Female Genital Mutilation
A meeting of the European Union in Brussels attracted activists from Africa and the world to discuss what, if anything, Europe can do to work against female genital mutilation in Africa. Female genital mutilation typically involves removal of all or … Continue reading