tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73508325736830290482024-03-12T19:24:05.353-07:00The Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C) News BlogThis blog posts any and all news related to Female Genital Cutting (FGC). It tracks only content that discusses FGC as a main subject. The page is designed as a resource for researchers and those who want to keep up to date on this issue without slogging through google alerts or news pages. Original authors are responsible for their content. To suggest content please write to fgcblogger@gmail.com. FGC is also called female genital mutilation or FGM; FGM/C; or female circumcision.FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comBlogger618125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-44907328219907926652012-07-16T13:59:00.002-07:002012-07-16T14:05:56.286-07:00No longer adding new articles, but we will continue updating linksSince it has become much easier to find FGM/C-related articles on Google News, Twitter, and other real-time services, and since Orchid Project recently launched high-quality resources on their website, we will not longer update FGM/C News Blog with articles. We will leave the current page live as an archive, but this will be our final post. We will still maintain an active list of relevant FGC FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-48296719680991783282012-07-16T09:08:00.000-07:002012-07-16T09:08:12.355-07:00Childbirth In Guinea-Bissau: What Mothers Go Through In One Of The Deadliest Places To Give Birth
GABU, Guinea-Bissau -- Fatumata Djau gave birth to her fourth daughter alone, at home, in the dark. She arrived at the hospital at 3 a.m. with the newborn still attached, and the midwife cut the cord in the parking lot.
Hours later, the 32-year-old mother lies listless on her side as sweat beads trickle down her back. She has lost a lot of blood, and the maternity ward is stifling, with no FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-45656202848696095052012-07-12T16:32:00.000-07:002012-07-16T08:47:02.612-07:00Are fears of legalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt real?
Despite a 1996 ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt, the issue continues to be a divisive one, especially amid fears that the ban could be reversed under an Islamist government.
Many Egyptians find it difficult to accept the issue is a pressing one and deny the alarmingly high statistics, like one by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNIFC) which states thatFGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-50458916760566737422012-06-14T07:03:00.000-07:002012-06-14T07:03:11.538-07:00Reconstructive Surgery For Women Who Suffered FGM/C
Surgery for female genital mutilation restores sexual pleasure
By Laura Shin | June 13, 2012, 2:38 AM PDT
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Reconstructive surgery for women who suffered female genital mutilation seems to be successful in lessening pain and restoring sexual pleasure, with a new technique described in The Lancet.
“Our findings show that clitoral FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-29096336183232052082012-06-13T14:09:00.000-07:002012-06-13T14:09:11.837-07:00
Genital mutilation and German law
Half a million women and girls in Europe suffer from the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation. Unlike France, Germany does not specifically outlaw FGM in its penal code. Activitsts are working for change.
Jawahir Cumar comes from Somalia. Like many young Somali women, she was circumcised as a child. She wanted to ensure that other girls were FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-48003199221224760422012-06-13T13:57:00.002-07:002012-06-13T13:59:52.466-07:00From Performing FGM/C To Leading The Abandonment Movement In Gambia
Gambia: Cultural Protagonist Supports Eradication of FGM in CRR
BY AJI FATOU FAAL, 21 MAY 2012
The power of information using the local languages to change perceptions and attitudes continues to give prominence to the work of the Gamcotrap in the Central River Region. Under the auspices and support of the UNFPA joint programme, 25 community-based facilitators from the Central River Region FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-15808104431561780142012-06-13T13:41:00.000-07:002012-06-13T13:41:02.475-07:00FGM/C Legislation In South Africa
Female Genital Mutilation In South Africa
Posted: 7 June, 2012 Author: AfricLaw
Author: Barbara KituiLLM (Human Rights & Democartisation in Africa) student, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the cultural practises embedded amongst the Venda community of north-east of South Africa. Eight weeks or less FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-62039103618033748892012-06-13T13:16:00.000-07:002012-06-13T13:16:43.329-07:00Tostan and National Organization of Women organize FGC abandonment in SomalilandNGO Tostan Organized A Social Mobilization Event For FGC Abandonment
June 7, 2012 by Shiine
HARGEISA (Dalmar Media) – The practice of Female Genital Cutting has been termed as denial of rights.
This was said by the minister of Religion & endowments Hon Sheikh Khalil Abdilahi on Saturday June 2nd, 2012 during an FGC awareness raising event organized by the NGO Tostan in FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-45101482903128019702012-04-11T06:49:00.000-07:002012-04-11T06:49:02.197-07:00Female Genital Mutilation FGM common in Iraq's Kirkuk: Study showsApril 10, 2012Pana and WadiEkurd.net
For the first time, an empirical study proved that female genital mutilation is also prevalent in parts of Iraq beyond the borders of the Kurdish Region.April 10, 2012KIRKUK, Iraq's border with Kurdistan region, — WADI and the local women’s rights organization PANA have conducted an in-depth research about the existence and background of female genital FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-71888158767563334062012-04-09T11:48:00.001-07:002012-04-09T11:52:56.680-07:00Steps towards ending female genital mutilation in Mauritania is in progressApril 9, 2012
Newstime Africa
NOUAKCHOTT, Mohamed Abderrahmane (IPS)
– A multi-pronged strategy to end female genital mutilation in
Mauritania is making gradual progress, though campaigners acknowledge
much remains to be done in a country where more than two-thirds of girls
suffer excision. A 2007 Demographic Health Survey found that 71 percent
of women FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-80137333048079011492012-04-02T07:11:00.000-07:002012-04-02T07:11:39.324-07:00Female Circumcision Temporarily Stopped in LiberiaMarch 29, 2012
PRI's The World
Bonnie Allen
Traditional female leaders who operate a powerful secret society in Liberia have agreed to shut down their bush schools and stop female genital cutting, also known as female circumcision, for several years, while still rejecting any criticism of the cultural practice.Mama Tormah, head zoe for the Sande Society and one of the most powerful traditional FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-9919935073581620002012-04-02T07:05:00.001-07:002012-04-02T07:12:57.101-07:00"This Needs to Stop": Tempers Flare over the Practice of Female Circumcision in LiberiaMarch 30, 2012
ThinkAfricaPress
Travis Lupick
When Kulah Borbor’s daughter was 13 years old, she asked her mother if she could join Liberia’s secret Sande Society. Most Liberian women are members of the Sande, so her daughter’s request was nothing unusual. But Borbor, a gender-based violence officer with the West Point Women for Health and Development Organisation, immediately discouraged her FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-81558355111265617232012-03-22T08:51:00.000-07:002012-03-22T08:51:06.252-07:00Turning up the volume: female genital cutting and musicMarch 19, 2012RuthieTOrchid ProjectThree empowered and dynamic voices of today’s music scene have been using the power of their musical talents to reach out to thousands of people and raise awareness about female genital cutting. With unwavering voices, they are calling for international attention and change at the grassroots level. And, with vibrant, popular music on their side, people are FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-4284828005190432082012-03-19T12:02:00.000-07:002012-03-19T12:02:34.417-07:00Kenya: Kisii NGO Vows to Stop FGM
March 16, 2012Benson Nyagesiba,Nairobi Star
A non-governmental organisation in Kisii will intensify campaigns against the outlawed FGM.Stema Women Development Group is carrying out campaign to sensitise young girls to reject the practice and opt for alternative rites of passage. The organisation's chief programme officer Nyabuto Onyambu said there is need to strengthen the education of the FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-51858318002717905602012-03-16T06:32:00.000-07:002012-03-16T06:32:42.722-07:00FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS A VIOLATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHT; Says Gamcotrap Programme CoordinatorMarch 15, 2012
Sarjo Camara Singhateh
FOROYAA Online
During the celebration by European Delegation to the Gambia at the Alliance Francais Gambienne, the GAMCOTRAP Programme Coordinator, Amie Bojang-Sissoho , the guest speaker at the International Women’s Day delivered a paper on Female Genital Mutilation in the Context of Women’s Rights in the Gambia.
“It is another important day to bring FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-2168124891365057222012-03-15T08:26:00.000-07:002012-03-15T08:26:10.740-07:00Women’s Month Spotlight: Angelique Kidjo Raises Her Voice to End FGMMarch 14, 2012Chevelle DixonAfrica.com
Recently, I had to pleasure of attending the United Nations' Raise Your Voice To End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Benefit Concert, featuring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo. Noted by Forbes as one of the most powerful celebrities in Africa, the Grammy-Award winning artist has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2002. Kidjo isFGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-42430765132657003762012-03-14T08:09:00.001-07:002012-03-14T08:10:48.915-07:00INTERNATIONAL: Universal Ban on FGM is a Goal Within Close ReachMarch 9, 2012
Khady Koita and Figa Talamanca
Daily Monitor
Yesterday, the world observed International Women’s Day, celebrating women’s achievements throughout history and throughout the world. This day is also an appropriate occasion to remember the gaps hindering – sometimes in a brutal and cruel manner – the process towards the full recognition and protection of women’s rights.
FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-50762300000269002242012-03-14T06:30:00.000-07:002012-03-14T06:30:47.977-07:00Beating female genital mutilation 'will take education not activism'
March 13, 2012
Paul Robertson
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Lowering the numbers of women and girls subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) across the world requires further education among communities that practice the procedure.This is according to Dr Bintu Adamu, a spokesperson for the International Campaign Against Female FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-65480294384087853162012-03-13T06:57:00.001-07:002012-03-13T06:58:14.227-07:00EU project saves thousands of girls from female genital mutilationMarch 6, 2012
Reliefweb
Brussels, 06 March 2012 - An innovative EU and UNICEF project has helped thousands of families, communities and countries to change attitudes and end harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Africa, says a report on the EU funded project ahead of International Women's Day. As a result of education and awareness raising, girls in FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-60567785284689820352012-02-24T11:41:00.000-08:002012-02-24T11:41:09.639-08:00Cutter's Denounce Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Surrender KnivesUNFPA UgandaFebruary 19, 2012
AMUDAT - Uganda: It turned out a moment filled with emotions that hot and sunny afternoon in a little village of Amudat, north-east of Uganda,when a group of women publically rose up to denounce the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and surrender their cutting knives to the authorities.
Dancing to the rhythm of the drums and the mellow tunes that set the FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-3581580992926046562012-02-22T07:36:00.000-08:002012-02-22T07:36:07.133-08:00Could there be an end to FGC in Egypt after 2011's 'Arab Spring'?
February 15, 2012
Orchid Project
According to an alarming recent article in the New Republic, “the decades-long movement to stop FGM has become a casualty of the power struggle in Egypt.”
Since the revolution, and despite gradual progress, the fight to end
FGC in Egypt has become even more of an uphill struggle. The National
Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) has been stilted FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-54887183008990121812012-02-21T13:51:00.000-08:002012-02-21T13:51:35.866-08:00Australia Sees Rising Demand for Female Genital MutilationSeptember 12, 2011
IntactNews
Jonathan Friedman
Last year saw the failure of policy considerations to legalize "ritual nicks" in the United States. With increasing immigration from high-prevalence countries, FGM is on the rise in Australia and many are calling for increased vigilance against this harmful practice in all its forms.
Sterilized scissors showing excised clitoris from an infant
(FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-33950184313724908512012-01-11T11:28:00.000-08:002012-02-20T08:01:03.861-08:00Sarabah: A Female Rapper Wrestles With a Taboo SubjectJanuary 11, 2012
The Huffington Post
Michal Shapiro
I don't often have the opportunity to write about a film that combines world music and social activism as closely as Sarabah, which will be making its television debut on Link TV, Sunday, January 15 at 11 pm ET/8 pm PT and will repeat on Friday, January 27 at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. It is the story of Fatou Mandiang Diatta, dba Sister Fa.
Fatou is a FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-87913117582003638192012-01-05T13:55:00.000-08:002012-02-20T08:10:41.489-08:00FGM Campaign Gains Momentum in Central River Region (GAMBIA)January 3, 2012
Daily Observer (Banjul)
The campaign to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has taken roots in The Gambia through raising awareness and building consciousness amongst the people. The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices affecting the health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP) has recently completed a series of training and information campaign activities held in FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350832573683029048.post-83472055667002260582012-01-05T13:44:00.000-08:002012-02-20T08:15:58.660-08:00PAKISTAN: Low awareness of hidden FGM/C practicesDecember 26, 2012
IRIN Asia
KARACHI, 26 December 2011 (IRIN) - In certain cafés close to medical colleges in Pakistan, and of course within the institutions themselves, students studying gynaecology speak of some unexpected sights they have seen.
“Recently, we examined a woman who complained of pain in her genital region. We were shocked to see when we examined her that she had suffered some FGC Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712245673720200593noreply@blogger.com