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UN passes first resolution condeming female genital mutilation
UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly on Monday passed its first resolution condemning female genital mutilation, which opponents say more than 140 million women worldwide have had to endure. Though outlawed in most nations, the measure represents the first time the traditional practice in African and Middle East nations…
2 arrested in Britain on charges of genital mutilation
Two people were arrested in Britain’s second city of Birmingham on Friday after a media report that medics and alternative practitioners had offered to perform female genital mutilation. West Midlands Police said they had arrested two men aged 55 and 61 on suspicion of offences under the Female Genital Mutilation…
Liberian journalist threatened, hiding in U.S. after reporting on genital mutilation
Liberian journalist Mae Azango’s courageous reporting on female genital mutilation in her country helped to ignite an international controversy. But she had to go into hiding following threats and is now on a visit to the United States. Her 8 March article, “Growing pains: Sande tradition of genital cutting threatens…
Iraqi Kurdistan bans female genital mutilation
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Family Violence Bill approved June 21 by the autonomous government includes several provisions criminalising the practice in Kurdistan, HRW, said, adding that prevalence of FGM among girls and women…
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