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http://www.tostan.org - http://www.tostan.org
An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting. |
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Female Genital Cutting - http://womenshealth.gov/faq/easyread/fgc-etr.htm
Information and resources about the cultural practice of partly or totally removing portions of the external female genitalia. |
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The Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project - http://www.fgmnetwork.org/
Attempts to present the practice from a variety of perspectives and serve as a networking resource for organizations doing work related to FGC. |
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The Zero - http://www.vachss.com/help_text/female_g_m.html
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. |
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Epidemiology Of Female Sexual Castration In Cairo, Egypt - http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html
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. |
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Global Women Intact - http://www.celebrateclitoris.com/
Specializing in female circumcision, genital mutilation, and alternative ritual of passage information. |
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Female Genital Mutilation: Strategies For Eradication - http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/hosken.html
by Fran P. Hosken. Article discusses how female genital mutilation continues to be practiced in Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia among Moslem populations. |
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Mutilated Humanity - http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/montagu.html
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. |
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Female Genital Mutilation - http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_circ.htm
Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe. |
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Ashley Montagu Resolution to End Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide: Petition to World Court - http://montagunocircpetition.org/
Solicits signatures for online petition against genital mutilation. Includes endorsements by prominent people and information on genital integrity, mutilation and human rights. |
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Erroneous Belief Systems Underlying Female Genital Mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa - http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/hanny3.html
Speech presented by Hanny Lightfoot-Klein at The Third International Symposium on Circumcision, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland May 22-25, 1994. |
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Islam and Female Circumcision - http://www.minaret.org/fgm.htm
By Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. - Minaret of Freedom Institute. Brief article discussing religion and female genital mutilation. |
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Female Genital Mutilation - http://www.members.tripod.com/~Wolvesdreams/FGM.html
An introduction including what it is, countries that practise it, and a discussion on the religious influence, plus links. |
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Genital Mutilation & The United Nations: Male And Female Circumcision, Human Rights, & The Restoration Of Spiritual Integrity & Freedom - http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/zavales4.html
Presentation given by Anastasios Zavales about educating the world community about the practice of genital mutilation. |
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NPR : Genital Mutilation Can Be Grounds for Asylum Status, Court Rules - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4531744
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] |
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NPR : Atlanta Female Circumcision Case Stirs Concern - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1763682
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. |
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afrol News - FGM - http://www.afrol.com/Categories/Women/FGM/
Analyses, facts and regularly updated news on female genital mutilation in Africa. |
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Senegal bans female circumcision - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/241230.stm
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. |
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Female Circumcision Issues Page - http://www.eskimo.com/~gburlin/female.html
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. |
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Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision - http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/circumcision/circum.html
An angry commentary. |