FGM Impacts Fewer Teens; Egypt Assault Video Posted
Data show that fewer girls are being subjected to female genital mutilation, the United Nations said Feb. 6, reported the Associated Press.
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Liberian Journalist Threatened for FGM Coverage
Mae Azango has won international acclaim for her work, but faces ongoing criticism and death threats at home for challenging her own culture. If she were a white woman, she says, her work would not have hit such a nerve.
Egypt’s Women Keep Showing Power in Protest
Egypt’s revolution is now often described as hijacked and women’s legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests.
Court Convicts Charles Taylor; FGM Prevalent in U.K.
Female genital mutilations have been performed on up to 100,000 women in the United Kingdom, with some medics offering to carry out the surgery on girls as young as 10, The Guardian reported April 22. Investigators from the Sunday Times filmed a doctor, dentist and alternative medicine practitioner all agreeing to carry out FGM, although it is illegal and carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years.
Phoenix Clinic Cares for Women with Cut Genitals
Medical care in the United States for women with female genital cutting is lagging and many women don’t trust doctors who appear to frown on their condition, say advocates. A specialized clinic in Phoenix provides a culturally sensitive approach.
Campus Assault Targeted; FGM Patients Lack Care
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Ugandan Lawmakers Set to Vote on Marriage, Divorce
Uganda’s parliament recently passed bills on domestic violence and female genital mutilation. Now one female lawmaker hopes colleagues will approve in January long-awaited modernizations of marriage and divorce.
Egypt Has Yet to Feel Impact of FGM Ban
In the year since Egypt outlawed female genital mutilation the government hasn’t prosecuted a single case. Nonetheless, some activists say the law is a tool, among others, for gradually dismantling an ancient tradition.
FGM Asylum Cases Forge New Legal Standing
Women have been winning U.S. asylum to avoid female genital mutilation in their homelands. But in 2007 three denials challenged that trend. One of those cases now under review could clarify their legal standing.
Sudanese Bachelors Share Questions About FGM
On a recent trip to Khartoum, Meghan Sapp found herself in the middle of a frank discussion about female genital mutilation with a group of male bachelors. A couple of them knew little about the practice and were often afraid to ask.
