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afrol News - FGM
Analyses, facts and regularly updated news on female genital mutilation in Africa.
http://www.afrol.com/Categories/Women/FGM/
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Ashley Montagu Resolution to End Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide: Petition to World Court
Solicits signatures for online petition against genital mutilation. Includes endorsements by prominent people and information on genital integrity, mutilation and human rights.
http://MontaguNOCIRCpetition.org
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Epidemiology Of Female Sexual Castration In Cairo, Egypt
In 1985, a group of 350 urban Egyptian women were selected to self-report on their recall of their female sexual castration (FSC) which they experienced as children.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html
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Erroneous Belief Systems Underlying Female Genital Mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speech presented by Hanny Lightfoot-Klein at The Third International Symposium on Circumcision, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland May 22-25, 1994.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/hanny3.html
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Female Circumcision Issues Page
The World Health Organization has condemned the mutilations as disastrous to womens health and as indefensible on humane grounds. In the United States, Rep. Pat Schroeder has written a bill to prohibit female genital mutilation. H.R. 3247.
http://www.eskimo.com/~gburlin/female.html
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Female Genital Mutilation
An introduction including what it is, countries that practise it, and a discussion on the religious influence, plus links.
http://www.members.tripod.com/~Wolvesdreams/FGM.html
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Female Genital Mutilation
Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_circ.htm
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Female Genital Mutilation and Human Rights
An essay, by Lisa Donaldson, discussing this practice in the 21st century.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Easel/9509/genital.html
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Female Genital Mutilation: Strategies For Eradication
by Fran P. Hosken. Article discusses how female genital mutilation continues to be practiced in Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia among Moslem populations.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/hosken.html
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First lady celebrates African village that ended female circumcision
News Star Online - Apr 2, 1998 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, meeting with villagers who have ended the practice of female circumcision in their community, praised the village for having started "a great movement."
http://www.news-star.com/stories/040298/lfe_hillary.html
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Genital Mutilation & The United Nations: Male And Female Circumcision, Human Rights, & The Restoration Of Spiritual Integrity & Freedom
Presentation given by Anastasios Zavales about educating the world community about the practice of genital mutilation.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/zavales4.html
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Global Women Intact
Specializing in female circumcision, genital mutilation, and alternative ritual of passage information.
http://www.celebrateclitoris.com/
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Irin News: Boost for Anti-FGM Effort
United Nations humanitarian report from Kenya explains how a series of seminars resulted in the resignation two hundred practitioners of female genital mutilation. Includes outline of the cultural aspects.
http://www.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irinnews.org%2Freport.asp%3FReportID%3D39965%26SelectRegion%3DEast_Africa%26SelectCountry%3DKENYA
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Islam and Female Circumcision
By Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. - Minaret of Freedom Institute. Brief article discussing religion and female genital mutilation.
http://www.minaret.org/fgm.htm
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Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision
An angry commentary.
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/circumcision/circum.html
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Mutilated Humanity
by Ashley Montagu - The story of bodily mutilations would occupy a large volume in the story of humankind, and few would be more strange and interesting than those relating to male and female circumcision.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/montagu.html
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Project IDIL - Instruments to Develop the Integrity of Lasses
IDIL is a Daphne Programme project 2001/2003. The project is aimed at defining and experimenting strategies to prevent FGM among immigrant communities/families in Europe.
http://www.eu-idil.org
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Rainbo
African-led international non-governmental organisation working on issues of women's empowerment, sexual autonomy, reproductive health, and freedom from violence, with a focus on female genital mutilation and women's rights to their bodily integrity.
http://www.rainbo.org/
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Senegal bans female circumcision
BBC News Online - Dec 23, 1998 - Senegal has banned female circumcision on cultural or religious grounds. Anybody found practising circumcision on girls now faces up to five years in prison.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/241230.stm
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The Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project
Attempts to present the practice from a variety of perspectives and serve as a networking resource for organizations doing work related to FGC.
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/
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The Zero
Listings of national and international agencies, articles, organizations and web sites to find help for and information about female genital mutilation and female circumcision practices worldwide.
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/female_g_m.html
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Tostan
An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting.
http://www.tostan.org
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