June 30, 2010

Not Anyone’s Daughter

Representatives Joseph Crowley of New York and Mary Bono Mack of California are sponsoring legislation that would make […]
June 30, 2010

Report: Female Circumcision in Iraqi Kurdistan

Attempts to ban female genital cutting have made gains in Kurdistan, but its efforts to outlaw the practice […]
June 14, 2010

Sierra Leone: No Let-Up in Female Genital Mutilation

Activists are fighting a difficult battle in combating female genital mutilation. via:[http://allafrica.com/stories/201006141520.html]
June 7, 2010

FGM activists threaten victims

Isata Mansaray writes: “The secret society which practices FGM in Sierra Leone has grown so powerful in the […]
May 28, 2010

‘No support’ for female circumcision

Dr Ted Weaver, president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), said […]
May 27, 2010

Push to let Australian doctors perform genital “nick”

The Royal Australian New Zealand College of Obstetricians will next month discuss backing “ritual nicks”, a modified form […]
May 26, 2010

Doctors Reverse Stand on Circumcision

The American Academy of Pediatrics has reversed its decision last month regarding the practice of female circumcision by […]
May 21, 2010

Why Are American Doctors Mutilating Girls?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues the American Academy of Pediatrics’ proposal to aid in female genital mutilation gives tacit […]
May 21, 2010

Pressure for female genital cutting lingers in the U.S.

The United States has outlawed female genital cutting, but cultural and religious pressures to circumcise girls linger among […]
May 18, 2010

American College of Pediatricians Opposes All Forms of Female Genital Cutting

The American College of Pediatricians argues the American Academy of Pediatrics’ call for a “nick” on the clitoral […]
May 6, 2010

Group Backs Ritual “nick” as Female Circumcision Option

In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning the practice of female circumcision in some African and […]
May 3, 2010

Women MPs warn public on female circumcision

Female legislators in Uganda have warned people who still practice female genital mutilation to stop or risk being […]
April 21, 2010

Court awards damages after genital mutilation test

Uppsala Municipality has been ordered to pay 60,000 kronor ($8,400) to the family of a girl of Somali […]
March 11, 2010

Mom accused of circumcising infant girl

A 35-year-old mother in Atlanta was arrested for allegedly circumcising her 10-month-old daughter, police said: “A relative changing […]
January 28, 2010

Europe must end the mutilation of its women

Jet Bussemaker, the Dutch Deputy Health Minister, writes: “National efforts to end the practice of female genital mutilation […]
January 22, 2010

West African genital cutters face fatwa, jail

In many parts of West Africa, female genital mutilation has been presented as a religious obligation for Muslim […]
December 20, 2009

UK fails to halt female genital mutilation

Hundreds of British schoolgirls are facing the terrifying prospect of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the Christmas holidays […]
December 12, 2009

Uganda bans female circumcision

The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill banning female genital mutilation, a traditional rite that has sparked an […]
November 26, 2009

“Ambassadors” appointed to fight female circumcision

“Ambassadors” to fight against female genital mutilation were appointed by Dutch deputy health minister Jet Bussemaker on Wednesday: […]
October 20, 2009

In US, hope for victims of FGM

In Colorado, a surgeon helps restore feeling–and so much more–to victims of female genital mutilation. via:[http://www.newsweek.com/id/218692]