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Girl Genitalia Mutilated, Sold For Magic In Ivory Coast
When he was a witch doctor, Moussa Diallo would regularly smear himself in a lotion made from a clitoris cut from a girl subjected to female genital mutilation.
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Mother Jailed For 11-Years For Female Mutilation On 3-Year-Old Daughter
A British judge on Friday jailed a Ugandan woman for 11 years after she became the first person ever to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain.
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Bohra Women Want Genital Mutilation Issue In 2019 Election Manifestos
Political parties need to be more sensible and accountable to save a girl child's dignity and that female genital mutilation issue should be a part of their agenda, say activists.
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Maneka Gandhi Wants To Abolish Female Genital Mutilation From India, Activist Hails Her
New Delhi: Masooma Ranalvi, activist who began a campaign to end female genital mutilation in India’s Dawoodi Bohra community, welcomed Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s reported remark that a law would be brought in to end the custom if it is not done voluntarily by its members. The women and child development minister on Sunday said that she wou...
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National Commission For Women Comes Out In Support To Ban Female Genital Mutilation In India
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women said it supports the demand for a law to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in India. Female genital mutilation is one of the ‘darkest’ secrets of India and the ‘ritual’ is carried out by the Dawoodi Bohra community where young girls are subjected to genital cutting. The two pet...
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Dear UN, What About Female Circumcision Among My Bohra Community?
Why is India still not on the UN radar, even though the 1.5 million-strong Bohra community practices FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) here?
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UN Study Finds More Women Face Genital Mutilation Than Earlier Estimated
More than 200 million girls and women globally have suffered genital mutilation, far higher than previously estimated, which highlighted the need to accelerate efforts to eradicate the practice, the United Nations said on Friday.
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I Was Circumcised When I Was a Girl of 7
For men, the circumcision is done for health and hygiene, while for women, it is meant to curb sexual desire and tame them.
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Sliced with razor, sewn up with thorns: Somali woman recalls genital mutilation
Malko Jama, a recently widowed Somali mother of eight, still remembers undergoing genital mutilation three decades ago as vividly as if it were yesterday.
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Girl Genitalia Mutilated, Sold For Magic In Ivory Coast
When he was a witch doctor, Moussa Diallo would regularly smear himself in a lotion made from a clitoris cut from a girl subjected to female genital mutilation.
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Mother Jailed For 11-Years For Female Mutilation On 3-Year-Old Daughter
A British judge on Friday jailed a Ugandan woman for 11 years after she became the first person ever to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain.
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Bohra Women Want Genital Mutilation Issue In 2019 Election Manifestos
Political parties need to be more sensible and accountable to save a girl child's dignity and that female genital mutilation issue should be a part of their agenda, say activists.
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Maneka Gandhi Wants To Abolish Female Genital Mutilation From India, Activist Hails Her
New Delhi: Masooma Ranalvi, activist who began a campaign to end female genital mutilation in India’s Dawoodi Bohra community, welcomed Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s reported remark that a law would be brought in to end the custom if it is not done voluntarily by its members. The women and child development minister on Sunday said that she wou...
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National Commission For Women Comes Out In Support To Ban Female Genital Mutilation In India
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women said it supports the demand for a law to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in India. Female genital mutilation is one of the ‘darkest’ secrets of India and the ‘ritual’ is carried out by the Dawoodi Bohra community where young girls are subjected to genital cutting. The two pet...
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Dear UN, What About Female Circumcision Among My Bohra Community?
Why is India still not on the UN radar, even though the 1.5 million-strong Bohra community practices FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) here?
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UN Study Finds More Women Face Genital Mutilation Than Earlier Estimated
More than 200 million girls and women globally have suffered genital mutilation, far higher than previously estimated, which highlighted the need to accelerate efforts to eradicate the practice, the United Nations said on Friday.
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I Was Circumcised When I Was a Girl of 7
For men, the circumcision is done for health and hygiene, while for women, it is meant to curb sexual desire and tame them.
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Sliced with razor, sewn up with thorns: Somali woman recalls genital mutilation
Malko Jama, a recently widowed Somali mother of eight, still remembers undergoing genital mutilation three decades ago as vividly as if it were yesterday.
