Nov 23 2018
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A U.S. district judge in Michigan has ruled against a federal ban on female genital mutilation, arguing that…
Jul 20 2018
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A 10-year-old girl named Deeqa Dahir Nuur died this week after what was supposed to be a standard female genital…
Apr 13 2017
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Dr. Jumana Nagarwala has been accused of performing procedures on the genitals of girls between the ages of 6 and 8,…
Jun 1 2016
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On Sunday, Mayar Mohamed Mousa, a 17-year-old Egyptian girl, died from complications following an illegal female…
Feb 9 2016
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A harrowing new report from UNICEF has found that at least 200 million women and girls in 30 countries have been…
Nov 25 2015
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At a rally on Monday evening, president of the Gambia Yahya Jammeh officially banned female genital mutilation (FGM)…
Feb 7 2015
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According to new numbers released by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), the number of women at risk for female…
Jan 26 2015
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After being prosecuted for the death of a 12-year-old girl whom he'd performed a female genital mutilation on,…
Jan 14 2015
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The devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa has one slim silver lining: it's temporarily putting a stop to the…
Nov 22 2014
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Earlier this year, Egypt broke some serious ground by arresting Dr. Raslan Fadl and charging him for manslaughter of…
Jul 24 2014
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According to the United Nations, the radical Sunni Islamist group ISIS currently attempting to take over Iraq and…
Jun 11 2014
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Activists and a few U.S. Representatives are trying to heighten awareness about female genital mutilation,…
Jul 23 2013
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Though the horrific practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is seeing a global decline, a new report by the…
Feb 18 2013
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A new Facebook game inspired by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression…
Nov 27 2012
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The United Nations General Assembly's human rights committee unanimously voted to enact a global ban against female…
Oct 17 2011
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For years human rights organizations have been working to put an end to the tradition of cutting off a girl's…
Feb 22 2011
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San Francisco's municipal ballot this year may include a measure to ban the circumcision of baby boys. Considering…
Jun 17 2010
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Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder from Bioethics Forum have unearthed a 2007 study in which a doctor from Cornell…
May 21 2010
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Several weeks ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a revised policy on female genital mutilation in…
May 12 2010
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Mrs. Goundo's Daughter is a documentary created by local filmmaking team Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater.