News tagged with female genital mutilation
Somalia: Female genital mutilation down
(AP)—Attitudes in Somalia toward a practice that critics decry as torture may be changing, as new data released by the U.N. children's agency on Tuesday showed that female genital mutilation among children in northern Somalia ...
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Apr 16, 2013 |
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Indonesia denies mutilation in circumcision traditions
Thrashing wildly, five-year-old Reta wails as she is hoisted onto a bed during a circumcision ceremony in a school-hall-turned-clinic on Indonesia's island of Java.
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Mar 24, 2013 |
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UN passes first resolution on female mutilation
The UN General Assembly on Monday passed its first resolution condemning female genital mutilation, which opponents say more than 140 million women worldwide have had to endure.
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Nov 27, 2012 |
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FGM significantly reduces sexual quality of life, suggests new study
Women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) have a significantly lower sexual quality of life finds a new study published today (10 October) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Charges over genital mutilation of girls in Australia
Many cases of female genital mutilation likely go unreported in Australia, a state minister said Friday after four people were charged over the alleged circumcision of two girls aged 6 and 7.
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Sep 14, 2012 |
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Tabooing female genital cutting
Female genital cutting (FGC) also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) and female circumcision is widely practised in Africa. FGC, described by UNICEF as “one of the worst violations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”, is usually per ...
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Aug 13, 2012 |
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Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation reduces pain, improves sexual pleasure
Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation (FGM) appears to reduce pain and restore sexual pleasure in women, according to the first large prospective trial to assess long-term outcomes of a new surgical technique ...
Surgery
Jun 11, 2012 |
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