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» 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.
http://montagunocircpetition.org/

http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html

» 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.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html

http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/hanny3.html

» 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.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/hanny3.html

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41684

» Excision Practiced Where Pre-Islamic Traditions Strongest
Integrated Regional Information Networks article about the persistence of the practice of female circumcision in Mali.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41684

http://www.eskimo.com/~gburlin/female.html

» Female Circumcision Issues Page
The World Health Organization has condemned the mutilations as disastrous to womens 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.
http://www.eskimo.com/~gburlin/female.html

http://womenshealth.gov/faq/easyread/fgc-etr.htm

» Female Genital Cutting
Information and resources about the cultural practice of partly or totally removing portions of the external female genitalia.
http://womenshealth.gov/faq/easyread/fgc-etr.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_circ.htm

» Female Genital Mutilation
Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_circ.htm

» Female Genital Mutilation - A Human Rights Information Pack (1998)
from Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm10.htm

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Easel/9509/genital.html

» Female Genital Mutilation and Human Rights
An essay, by Lisa Donaldson, discussing this practice in the 21st century.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Easel/9509/genital.html

http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/hosken.html

» 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.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/hosken.html

http://www.news-star.com/stories/040298/lfe_hillary.html

» First lady celebrates African village that ended female circumcision
News Star Online - Apr 2, 1998 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, meeting with villagers who have ended the practice of female circumcision in their community, praised the village for having started "a great movement."
http://www.news-star.com/stories/040298/lfe_hillary.html

http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/zavales4.html

» 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.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/zavales4.html

» Global Women Intact
Specializing in female circumcision, genital mutilation, and alternative ritual of passage information.
http://www.celebrateclitoris.com/

http://www.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irinnews.org%2Freport.asp%3FReportID%3D39965%26SelectRegion%3DEast_Africa%26SelectCountry%3DKENYA

» 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.
http://www.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irinnews.org%2Freport.asp%3FReportID%3D39965%26SelectRegion%3DEast_Africa%26SelectCountry%3DKENYA

» Islam and Female Circumcision
By Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. - Minaret of Freedom Institute. Brief article discussing religion and female genital mutilation.
http://www.minaret.org/fgm.htm

» Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision
An angry commentary.
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/circumcision/circum.html

http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/montagu.html

» 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.
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/montagu.html

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1034891

» NPR : Asylum and Genital Mutilation
About a Nigerian woman fighting deportation from the US, saying she needs to stay because her 10-year-old daughter, who is an American citizen, would be subject to genital mutilation if sent to Nigeria. [4:47 minute Realaudio segment]
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1034891

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1763682

» 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
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1763682

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4531744

» 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]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4531744

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1115851

» NPR : INS Fraud
Reports about a Ghanaian woman named Adelaide Abankwa who won political asylum in the US, based on her claim that she would be subject to female genital mutilation if she were returned home, but faces an Immigration and Naturalization Service charge that
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1115851

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1057337

» NPR : Mutilation - Asylum
Report on the story of Adelaide Abankwah, the second woman in U.S history to be granted political asylum because she feared she would be subjected to female genital mutilation if she returned to her native country. [4.5 minute Realaudio segment]
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1057337

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=909044

» NPR : Nigerian Woman Challenges Mutilation Ritual
Reports on a Nigerian woman who is trying to have the practice of female genital mutilation accepted as a violation of the anti-torture convention. She is living illegally in Dallas, Texas, and fighting deportation with the claim that she and her 3-year-o
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=909044

http://www.stopfgm.org/stopfgm/FGMappeal/appeal.jsp?idMenu=1,14&

» NPWJ Stop Female Genital Mutilation Campaign
International campaign to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation.
http://www.stopfgm.org/stopfgm/FGMappeal/appeal.jsp?idMenu=1,14&

» Project IDIL - Instruments to Develop the Integrity of Lasses
IDIL is a Daphne Programme project 2001/2003. The project is aimed at defining and experimenting strategies to prevent FGM among immigrant communities/families in Europe.
http://www.eu-idil.org

» 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.
http://www.rainbo.org/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/241230.stm

» 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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/241230.stm

» Stop FGM
A resource centre for FGM activists, written in English, French and Arabic.
http://www.stopfgm.org/

» 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.
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/

http://www.vachss.com/help_text/female_g_m.html

» 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.
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/female_g_m.html

» Tostan
An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting.
http://www.tostan.org

» afrol News - FGM
Analyses, facts and regularly updated news on female genital mutilation in Africa.
http://www.afrol.com/Categories/Women/FGM/

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