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UK doctors mutilated girls aged 10
Brutal genital mutilations have been carried out on up to 100 000 women and girls in Britain, it was revealed on Sunday.
Showing posts with label Female Genital Mutilation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Female Genital Mutilation. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Up to 10,000 African girls in Spain 'risk genital mutilation' thinkSPAIN , Monday, February 6, 2012
THOUSANDS of young girls in Spain could be at risk of undergoing female circumcision without an anaesthetic when they reach puberty, disturbing figures show.
Around five million girls worldwide, aged between toddlerhood and around 18 years old suffer this potentially deadly mutilation every year.
But around 10,000 in Spain are also at risk, having been born into families from one of the 27 countries around the globe – most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa and particularly include Sénégal, Mali and Nigeria – where this barbaric practice is not against the law.
THOUSANDS of young girls in Spain could be at risk of undergoing female circumcision without an anaesthetic when they reach puberty, disturbing figures show. Around five million girls worldwide, aged between toddlerhood and around 18 years old suffer this potentially deadly mutilation every year.
But around 10,000 in Spain are also at risk, having been born into families from one of the 27 countries around the globe – most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa and particularly include Sénégal, Mali and Nigeria – where this barbaric practice is not against the law.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Jan 30, 2012 (IPS) - "It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain," recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
KARACHI, Jan 30, 2012 (IPS) - "It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain," recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Terror of Female Genital Mutilation in Islam III
by 1001Phoenix on Jul 16, 2009
Al-Azhar University ( الأزهر الشريف) is the "the leading institution for Sunni learning in the Islamic world.
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About 6,000 girls fall victim to genital mutilation every day, or about 2 million a year. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 100 and 140 million women worldwide are circumcised. Most circumcised women live in 28 African countries, as well as in Asia and the Middle East.
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About 6,000 girls fall victim to genital mutilation every day, or about 2 million a year. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 100 and 140 million women worldwide are circumcised. Most circumcised women live in 28 African countries, as well as in Asia and the Middle East.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Female Genital Mutilation 'Is an Obligation' Says Mullah in Iraqi-Kurdistan
A mullah in Iraqi-Kurdistan talked in a Friday sermon about the new bill against domestic violence that passed the parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan in June. This law also forbids the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Various clerics and members of Islamic groups started a campaign against this law and demand from the president of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Mr. Massud Barzani not to sign the bill.
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