October 6, 2009

Children face forced marriages in Norway

In Norway, the Red Cross has set up a hotline for women facing forced marriage or FGM: according […]
September 19, 2009

Scandinavia fights female genital mutilation

Sweden, Denmark and Norway try to stop genital mutilation among immigrants at home and abroad. via:[http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/europe/090916/scandinavia-female-genital-mutilation?page=0,0]
September 12, 2009

Dutch Court clears father of FGM

A Court in Haarlem, the Netherlands, has acquitted a man of Moroccan origins of charges that he performed […]
June 24, 2009

Aid agency calls for FGM legislation in Ireland

An aid agency is calling for specific legislation on Female Genital Mutilation to protect women and girls in […]
June 1, 2009

Oklahoma Governor Henry signs budget bill

Oklahoma governor Brad Henry has signed House Bill 1834, which makes it a felony to engage in female […]
May 30, 2009

FGM among Somali women living in the Netherlands

Four out of ten Somali and Ethiopian women who give birth in the Netherlands have been genitally mutilated. […]
May 27, 2009

Clinic in Spain offers hope for victims of FGM

A clinic in Barcelona, Spain, is offering reconstructive surgery of the clitoris to women who have been circumcised. […]
May 17, 2009

Women’s Rights Activist Named Afghanistan’s Person Of The Year

Radio Free Afghanistan has named Anarkali Honaryar, a 25-year-old dentist and women’s rights activist, as its Person of […]
May 10, 2009

Burkina Faso clinic to fight taboo of female mutilation

Africa’s first clinic designated for the reconstruction of female genitalia will open in Bobo-Dialousso this year. The clinic […]
April 14, 2009

France warns against forced marriages, mutilation

France launched a new campaign to warn potential victims of forced marriages and female genital mutilation on Tuesday, […]
April 14, 2009

Australian Court bars father from taking daughter for female circumcision

The Family Court has for the first time intervened to prevent a father from taking his nine-year-old daughter […]
March 26, 2009

Catalan police in crusade against female genital mutilation

Thanks to the efforts of Cataluna’s regional police force, Mossos d’Esquadra, during 2008, 104 girls living in the […]
March 1, 2009

New York City, State Do Little to Address Female Genital Cutting

When Angela Montague spoke to her colleagues throughout the city about genital cutting, she discovered that many of […]
May 4, 2004

Female Circumcision Threatens Girls in Germany

Female circumsion isn’t just a problem in African countries: in Germany, as many as 6,000 girls of African […]