News

afrol News - FGM - Analyses, facts and regularly updated news on female genital mutilation in Africa.

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.

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.

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.

Female Circumcision Issues Page - The World Health Organization has condemned the mutilations as disastrous to women's 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.

Female Genital Cutting - Information and resources about the cultural practice of partly or totally removing portions of the external female genitalia.

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.

Female Genital Mutilation - Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe.

Female Genital Mutilation - An introduction including what it is, countries that practise it, and a discussion on the religious influence, plus links.

Female Genital Mutilation and Human Rights - An essay, by Lisa Donaldson, discussing this practice in the 21st century.

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.

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.

Global Women Intact - Specializing in female circumcision, genital mutilation, and alternative ritual of passage information.

Islam and Female Circumcision - By Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. - Minaret of Freedom Institute. Brief article discussing religion and female genital mutilation.

Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision - An angry commentary.

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.

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.

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.

Tostan - An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting.

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.

NPR : Genital Mutilation Can Be Grounds for Asylum Status, Court Rules - A US appeals court ruling in favor of a young Somali woman says that a history of genital mutilation makes a woman automatically eligible for asylum in the U.S. [2:48 streaming audio broadcast] (March 11, 2005)

Excision Practiced Where Pre-Islamic Traditions Strongest - Integrated Regional Information Networks article about the persistence of the practice of female circumcision in Mali. (June 15, 2004)

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. (May 10, 2004)

NPR : Atlanta Female Circumcision Case Stirs Concern - The arrest of an Ethiopian citizen in Atlanta, Ga., raises concerns that female circumcision, a form of genital mutilation common in some African nations, is being performed on young women in the United States. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports. 5.5 minutes radio segment via Realplayer. (March 12, 2004)