Jezebel: Fgm

Gaultier Calls Out Gaga On Her Madonna Routine

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:25:00 EST

Jean-Paul Gaultier, on Lady Gaga: "I think she's talented and very inpolitically incorrect, which I love. But I also think that she read up on Madonna's life and learnt it like the Bible." [Telegraph]

Cornell Surgeon Used Vibrator To Stimulate 6-Year-Olds

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder from Bioethics Forum have unearthed a 2007 study in which a doctor from Cornell University defends the practice of surgically cutting girls' clitorises. Disturbing, but his follow-up treatment is even worse. More »

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Responds To American Policy On Genital "Cutting"

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Several weeks ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a revised policy on female genital mutilation in which they suggested doctors be allowed to "nick" girls' clitorises. Today, Ayaan Hirsi Ali responds. More »

Laura Bush Supports Choice, Gay Rights • Support Hillary, Win A Date With Bill Clinton

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:30:00 EDT

• Former first lady Laura Bush appeared on Larry King last night where she finally admitted that she doesn't agree with her husband on abortion and gay rights. Even though she could have taken a stronger stance: good for her. More »

Cuts Like A Knife: The Evils Of FGM

Tara Murtha — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:40:00 EDT

Mrs. Goundo's Daughter is a documentary created by local filmmaking team Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater. More »

Genital Cutting Advocated By American Academy Of Pediatrics

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

After years of condemning the practice, the American Academy of Pediatrics has rewritten their policy on female genital mutilation, advocating for state laws to allow doctors to give a "ritual nick" to girls' genitalia. More »

Desert Flower

Anna Holmes — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:10:00 EST

[Paris, March 4. Image via Getty]

German Ad Takes Aim At FGM, Misses Mark

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:20:00 EST

How can you make this woman any more beautiful? By excising out her clitoris, of course. More »

Low Body Confidence Leads To Drunken Sex? • Drunk Mice Make Bad Decisions

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EDT

• According to a recent poll, 1 in 20 British women has never had sex sober. Also, a "staggering," 75% of women like to have a glass of wine before hopping into bed with their boyfriend or husband. • More »

Suspect Arrested In Serial Killings; Clintons Bet $1,000 That Chelsea Wouldn't Wed

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EDT

• Antwan Maurice Pittman, 31, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Taraha Shenice Nicholson, one of the five women police suspect were murdered by a serial killer in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. More »

Uganda To Ban FGM, Fight Argument That It's "Cultural"

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EDT

President Yoweri Museveni announced last week that female genital mutilation will be banned this year, saying that no body parts are useless and adding that the FGM "culture" was not "useful and based on scientific information." [Agence France Presse] More »

Nigeriens, Iraqis Denounce Female Genital Mutilation

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EDT

Promising news in the campaign against female genital mutilation: 10 villages in Niger have publicly denounced the practice and the parliament in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan is preparing to issue a ban. More »

Jennifer Hollett of Current TV's Collective...

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST

Jennifer Hollett of Current TV's Collective Journalism project reports on a group in Sierra Leone — where nearly 90-95 percent of all women are subject to female genital mutilation — called the Amazonian Initiative Movement, which is working to end the practice of FGM. In addition to educating women about the risks, AIM has started a program offering literacy skills and help starting new businesses to FGM practitioners, who often rely on performing FGM on other women to pay their own bills. Their hope is that, by eliminating the financial incentive to continue the practice, they can eliminate its spread. The full video can be seen by clicking on the image above left. [Current TV] More »