A 10-year-old girl in central Somalia has died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), prompting calls from campaigners to criminalize… [Read More]
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Female Genital Mutilation
Millions Have Been Traumatized by Female Genital Mutilation. The Practice Must End (STAT)
Post Date: 04/02/2018
Physicians can be powerful advocates for speaking out against FGM. Katherine McKenzie, STAT, March 29, 2018. URL: www.statnews.com/2018/03/29/female-genital-mutilation-end/
Egypt Struggles to End Female Genital Mutilation (Reuters)
Post Date: 03/10/2018
Genital cutting of girls was banned in Egypt in 2008 and criminalized in 2016. But the practice remains a rite… [Read More]
She Ran from the Cut, and Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, too (New York Times)
Post Date: 01/15/2018
While it is estimated that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM,… [Read More]
Even for Girls in the U.S., Female Genital Mutilation and ‘Vacation Cutting’ are Risks (Chicago Tribune)
Post Date: 06/15/2017
Awareness of the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the U.S. is rising. Women in Chicago are speaking up… [Read More]
Michigan Senate Votes to Outlaw Female Genital Mutilation (Reuters)
Post Date: 05/19/2017
The Michigan Senate approved legislation on Wednesday making genital mutilation of girls a state felony punishable by up to 15… [Read More]
Detroit Doctor and Wife Arrested and Charged with Conspiring to Perform Female Genital Mutilation (Department of Justice)
Post Date: 04/23/2017
Three Individuals individuals have been arrested and charged with conspiring to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) in MI. The Department of… [Read More]
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 5
Post Date: 03/14/2017
United Nations, “U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 5, Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls,” www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/gender-equality/ (Accessed February… [Read More]
Kenya’s Kuria to halt female genital mutilation in “unlucky” 2017 (Reuters)
Post Date: 02/01/2017
Kenya’s Kuria community will not practice female genital cutting this year due to the belief that “7” is an unlucky… [Read More]
What is Female Genital Mutilation? Where Does it Happen? (Reuters)
Post Date: 01/31/2017
Considering the international conference in Rome to globally ban female genital mutilation (FGM), Batha (2016) provides an overview of FGM’s… [Read More]
