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Am I a victim?: My experience with female circumcision
This poem, by Malaysian born Idura Hisham, concluded a blog written by her,
Read MoreI don’t want to have my awareness raised, thanks
The 17th anniversary of the UN’s Zero Tolerance for FGM day
Read MoreContributions to APPG on PDRH – FGM
The year’s first APPG on PDRH (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health)
Read MoreThe moral licensing of FGM actors
I’ve recently come across the term ‘moral licensing’ and think it usefully explains how and why actors in the FGM industry behave as they do.
Read MoreVerdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation
In Australia, in 2015, three Dawoodi Bohras (a small Shia Muslim sect) were convicted
Read MoreMedicine, Morals, and Female Genital Cutting
The arrest of Jumana Nagarwala and her colleagues,
Read More‘FGM’: Reflecting on the language we use
The word ‘mutilation’ turns any question on female genital procedures
Read MoreAmerican arrogance and the movement to end ‘FGM’
‘Female Genital Mutilation’ (FGM) is widely condemned,
Read MoreOutrage as FGM cases are dropped
Since 1985, FGM has been a crime.
Read MoreA witch hunt will only drive FGM underground
FGM is declining globally.
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