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In a statement to the Ghana News Agency in Accra to mark the February 6 United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights International Day on Zero Tolerance to FGM, Ms Estelle Robinson of the Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD) and Mrs Janet Narh of Ben TV's Woman's Hour urged gender based non-governmental and governmental organizations to fight for the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). "FGM is a human rights violation and an atrocity against innocent... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Today Is International Day of FGM Feb 6, 2008
February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a statement issued by the European Commission (EU) in Ghana said on Tuesday in Accra ... Ferrero-Waldner said the UN Commission on the status of women adopted the Resolution Ending Female Genital Mutilation, recognizing that FGM violated and impaired the enjoyment of the human rights of women and girls. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Honour crime 'is underestimated' Feb 5, 2008
We are developing a cross-government action plan to tackle honour based violence which includes, forced marriage, honour killings and female genital mutilation ... He said: "We are developing a cross-government action plan to tackle honour based violence which includes, forced marriage, honour killings and female genital mutilation. "The plan is being developed with Acpo and other criminal justice system agencies and aims to improve the response of police and other agencies, to all forms of... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Women urged to fight against negative cultural practices Jan 23, 2008
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Tongo, Ms Adongo, cited that practice such as widowhood rites, female genital mutilation (FGM) and tribal marks were dehumanising and should be stopped. She expressed dismay about the practice in which widows were stripped and forced to stay with their late husbands brothers or relatives and have sex with them against their wish adding that it could result in the spread of HIV/AIDS.. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
PRICE OF TURMOIL Jan 22, 2008
It will also assess campaigns aimed at combating female genital mutilation, improving global immunisation coverage, and reinforcing health care systems in poorer countries. Though tuberculosis prevalence appears to have stabilised globally, the spread of drug-resistant strains in Eastern Europe, parts of Central Asia, and China was a serious concern, Chan said. (AlertNet)
Google targets global warming, poverty Jan 18, 2008
"How do you not take on female genital mutilation? How do you not take on the need for clean water? These problems we are not addressing are not less important ... we are trying to do the things that fit who we are.". Google. (India Times)
Practitioners of FGM to be jailed Jan 18, 2008
Accra, Jan. 17, GNA - Practitioners and all parties that consent to the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are liable to imprisonment to not less than five years and not more than 10 years as stipulated in the Constitution Amendment Act 741. Mrs Chris Dadzie, Policy Analyst for Gender and Human Rights of ISODEC said the Act which came into being on August 7, 2007 changed the name from female circumcision, which predisposes an ordinary circumcision to Female Genital Mutilation which... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
If You Love to Hate Google, Read This Jan 18, 2008
"How do you not do female genital mutilation?" he said. "How do you not do water?". (ABC News)
Kenyan Gangs Use Genital Mutilation as Weapon in Post-Election Violence Jan 16, 2008
Mungiki, which means "multitude" in Kikuyu, originally promoted traditional Kikuyu practices, including female genital mutilation. But in recent years it has become involved in extortion and murder and it also provides hired muscle for politicians. (Fox News)
Muslim leaders back Livingstone as mayor Jan 3, 2008
"Livingstone's criticism of US and UK foreign policy has increased his popularity among Muslims and he has appeared at events such as IslamExpo, which attracts tens of thousands of people every year.The mayor welcomed the statement, saying that London's prosperity and good community relations were based on openness and tolerance. "The fundamental basis of London's openness and choice is that every Londoner should be able to live their life as they freely choose with the sole condition that they... (Guardian Unlimited)
Bawku West gets new development association Dec 31, 2007
The association known as Boya Development Association (BODA), apart from its self-help projects would also ensure that certain negative cultural practices, including female genital mutilation, widowhood rites, among others were also eliminated. The National Chairman of BODA, Mr. John A. Amidini explained that the people in the area realized that since government alone could not provide all societal needs it was necessary to complement government efforts in facilitating accelerated development. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Hilton to leave fortune to charity Dec 27, 2007
This year's recipient, Tostan, is a West African nongovernmental organization that works to educate people with little or no formal schooling and combat female genital mutilation. susannah. (Los Angeles Times)
Clinton touts wife's experience, plans for presidency Dec 18, 2007
He said that while she was First Lady, Hillary Clinton had an independent role in the peace process in Northern Ireland and also stood by women in the African nation of Senegal to help end the practice of female genital mutilation there. "The process has turned and that was in part due to Hillary Clinton," the former president said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Street Academy organizes Dinner Dance Dec 18, 2007
There were cultural refugees, who run away from their homes to avoid being forced into marriages, undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) and being enslaved under the Trokosi system, among others. The others are economic refugees who leave for the streets because of adverse living conditions at home, most likely due to conducts of hostile parents and guardians. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
UN Reports Fewer Children Dying From Preventable Causes Dec 12, 2007
" In addition to child survival, the report says progress also has been made in education, gender equality and child protection. It says the number of primary-school age children who are out of school has fallen by about 20 percent and more girls are going to school than before. The Report says the harmful practice of female genital mutilation is still unacceptably high, but has declined over the past 15 years, and child marriage is becoming less common. Related Stories Top Story More Stories... (Voice of America)
Veep ask Muslims to foster national unity Dec 5, 2007
Vice President Mahama asked members of the mission to launch a crusade against outmoded cultural practices such as the marriage of teenagers and female genital mutilation. He asked them to attach attention to the education of the girl child in order to ensure accelerated development of the nation. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Oliver North: Mideast Peace Solution? Nov 30, 2007
Radical Islamic courts treat girls as young as nine as adults, subject women to death by stoning for adultery and permit female genital mutilation. Countries and regions ruled by radical Islamists don t permit women to travel unless escorted by a male relative, limit the availability of medical care and forbid access to higher education. (Fox News)
The refuge lottery Nov 28, 2007
Most women in the UK do not have access to a rape crisis centre, and fewer than one in 10 local authorities provide for minority ethnic women escaping or recovering from attempted "honour" crimes, forced marriage or female genital mutilation. Almost a third of local authorities have no specific domestic violence services, and fewer than one in 10 have services for women in prostitution. (Guardian Unlimited -- Society)
Kenyans Executed in 5-Year Crackdown Nov 26, 2007
Mungiki began as a group promoting traditional Kikuyu practices, including female genital mutilation, but gradually became involved in extortion, murder and providing hired muscle to politicians. The new report is based on interviews with relatives, police records of when the young men were in police custody, autopsy reports and other records kept by the campaigning group, said the foundation's executive director, Kamau Kingara. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
A Victory For Freedom Nov 26, 2007 Make children's right high on national agenda-UNICEF Nov 20, 2007 Health benefit Nov 17, 2007 Indecent Exposure Nov 9, 2007 Kenyans Blame Police for Killings Nov 7, 2007 * Murders in Kenya linked to policemen Nov 7, 2007 Protecting the Human Dignity of the Girl Child Worldwide Nov 1, 2007 Sampson Boafo: Unlikely Patron of Change Oct 28, 2007 The New Face of Parliament Oct 27, 2007 670 comments Oct 26, 2007 DVVSU urges support from nurses to enforce law on FGM Oct 22, 2007 Major Gains in War Against Killer Malaria Oct 19, 2007 FGM still prevalent in Upper West Region Oct 17, 2007 Armenian genocide label endorsed Oct 11, 2007 Women identified as worse offenders of child rights abuse Oct 7, 2007 Reality of Child Marriages Revealed in PBS Newsmagazine Oct 2, 2007 To cook or not: African women dont get a choice Sep 29, 2007 In Egypt, a rising push against genital cutting Sep 20, 2007 Rural Reporting, Progress and the Culture Sep 18, 2007 Don't justify negative culture against women - Greenstreet Sep 18, 2007 National immigration politics take a local toll Sep 18, 2007 Bui City Project -Which part of the river Sep 16, 2007 Rationalizing Ghana Sep 16, 2007 As Ramadan Begins, American Islamic Congress Opens New Office in Cairo Sep 14, 2007 Balancing the Development Thinking Sep 11, 2007 Regional Minister tasks Chiefs to help eliminate negative culture Sep 10, 2007 Northern Ghana: Engaging Cultural inhibitions Sep 6, 2007 Women's Century Sep 3, 2007 Obsolete cultural practices impeding devt Aug 27, 2007 Mali:Worst Expectations Confounded Aug 19, 2007 Hanson 'sick of Muslims' Aug 16, 2007 Paramount Chief of Bongo condemns FGM Aug 16, 2007 SENEGAL: FGM continues 10 years after villagers claim to abandon it Aug 11, 2007 Address FGM Frontally! Aug 7, 2007 Female Genital Mutilation Aug 5, 2007 Changing social attitudes discussed at Byron Bay Aug 5, 2007 Mutilated Girls; U.K.'s Ignored Secret Aug 5, 2007 U.N.: Sudan must cut off support for militias Jul 28, 2007 Nuworsu faces tough vetting in Parliament Jul 28, 2007 FIDA holds durbar to empower women Jul 18, 2007 Female genital mutilation on rise in Britain Jul 11, 2007 Fashion designer Liz Claiborne dead at 78 Jul 11, 2007 Hitchens vs. God Jul 11, 2007 Britain battles female circumcision Jul 11, 2007 Genital mutilationOne woman's struggle to understand what her mother did to her Jul 11, 2007 UK launches GM crackdown Jul 11, 2007 Georgina Wood's Legal Playground Jul 3, 2007 Parliament, Reasoning, and Development Jun 25, 2007 Morning TV death match Jun 17, 2007 Women Lawyers Force Rights Gains In Uganda Jun 15, 2007 Ousmane Sembene, 84; Sengalese hailed as 'the father of African film' Jun 14, 2007 U.N.: Can halt violence against women Jun 13, 2007 Criminal Code Amended Jun 13, 2007 Child at risk of mutilation to remain in Canada Jun 9, 2007 Nairobi police battle sect members Jun 8, 2007 Mensa-Bonsu regrets lack of lobbying by women during NRC Jun 8, 2007 Parliament divided over suitable punishment for FGM Jun 7, 2007 Guinean mother desperate to avoid being deported Jun 6, 2007 Kenya Police Target Violent Sect; 20 Die Jun 6, 2007 Kenya police kill at least 20 suspected members of outlawed Mungiki sect Jun 5, 2007 Mother desperate to avoid deportation Jun 5, 2007 Erectile Dissatisfaction: Jun 5, 2007 Two years on, rich failing to keep their word to Africa Jun 2, 2007 Clergy advised to use pulpit to address social issues May 31, 2007 Who's Pushing For Muslim Women's Rights? May 30, 2007
Refugee women who want to spare their daughters from sexual abuse have earned the right to do so; the work of Human Rights USA directly resulted in the court decision that established that female genital mutilation qualifies as torture. Their work on another case set a precedent that the usual deadline to file asylum claims need not apply to sexual abuse victims with severe traumatic stress, who might hesitate to report such instances out of fear. (Townhall.com)
AU Forum Focuses on Children's Plight Nov 20, 2007
Briefing journalists about the meeting in Harare yesterday, Dr Muguti said the forum, which was organised by Egyptian First Lady Mrs Suzanne Mubarak, dealt with several issues that affect children such as child labour, children in the military, human trafficking and female genital mutilation which came under the spotlight at the forum ... "The ministerial meeting also accepted and endorsed the appeal made by the First Lady of Egypt, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak to launch an African campaign on the... (allAfrica.com)
It said the Convention had also resulted in positive development in child protection and more attention to issues such as commercial sexual exploitation, abuse, and trafficking and female genital mutilation. The statement said the event, which would be celebrated worldwide would include campaigns to convince governments to establish a children's commissioner to monitor the implementation of the Convention, following the example of other countries. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION ... The World Health Organization estimates 100-140 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation and Unicef claims that up to a further three million girls, mostly aged between four and 12, have their genitals cut every year ... Most frequent incidence of female genital mutilation (Unicef figures). (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
During a 1994 U.N. population conference in Cairo, CNN had aired footage of the backstreet female genital mutilation of a 10-year-old Egyptian girl. Egypt's conservatives claimed that CNN and the girl's family had shamed Egypt on the world stage. (Time.com)
Mungiki, whose name means "multitude" in Kikuyu, began as a group promoting traditional Kikuyu practices, including female genital mutilation, but gradually became involved in extortion, murder and providing hired muscle to politicians. It was outlaws in 2002 after its members beheaded 21 people in a turf war with a rival gang. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Its members also promote traditional Kikuyu practices, including female genital mutilation. Since March, the gang has been accused of murdering at least 43 people -- beheading several of their victims -- mainly in Nairobi slums and central Kenya. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Despite the United Nations many faults, it has been at the forefront of the battle to ban female genital mutilation and obtain equal rights for women throughout the world ... Despite the United Nations many faults, it has been at the forefront of the battle to ban female genital mutilation and obtain equal rights for women throughout the world. (Townhall.com)
The education system, a key area to retool the development process and for long unbalanced, has seen traditional values inserted in the curriculum; national development planners are being encouraged to hatch a new paradigm that appropriate Ghanaian traditional values; visions of politicians increasingly reflect Ghanaian values key presidential aspirant Nana Akufo-Addo talk of indigenous capitalism; the Parliament of Ghana has criminalized some inhibiting cultural values overtime, the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
For sometime, Ghanaians have seen their Parliament criminalize the dreaded cultural practice of female genital mutilation, banned trokosi, a cultural practice in some parts of the Volta, where teenage girls are enslaved to shrines for sins committed by their parents, decentralization of the Ghanaian system, and the passing of the anti-corruption legislation Whistle-Blowers Act in 2006. Partisanship or not, rubber-stamp or not, while certain work of Parliament doesnt excite the public,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
James James, New JerseyOct 24, 2007 @ 08:28 PMI watched a very disturbing video created by David Horowitz about women being stoned to death and female genital mutilation. When I tried to show the video to feminists, they called ME the racists (toward Muslims). (Human Events Online)
Wa, Oct. 21, GNA - The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Upper West Region has urged the support of nurses working in community clinics in exposing perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in their areas. Inspector Emmanuel Mwinsori, Regional head of the DVVSU, said some communities still practised the outlawed FGM culture in the region and that although the people were aware of the ban against it, they were unwilling to report the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Mrs Ogeto is the chairperson of Mosocho Enka Enyia, a community based group involved in the fight against female genital mutilation. She works at Fulda Mosocho an NGO, which is also involved in fighting the age-old custom. (allAfrica.com)
Wa, Oct. 16, GNA - Stakeholders on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) have observed that it was still being carried out in some communities in the Upper West Region without detection by Law Enforcement Agencies. They have therefore, called for the recruitment of informants who should be motivated to report FGM cases in such communities to the appropriate agencies for legal action to be taken against those culprits. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
In this respect, it is similar to other House resolutions, like one approved unanimously Tuesday that denounces female genital mutilation. Few resolutions, though, can match the Armenian genocide measure for political intensity. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
In a speech read for him, Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani, Yendi District chief Executive, said there was still the practice of female genital mutilation in the region with girls aged between 12 and 19 as the most victims. Source:GNA. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
"Forced child marriage is today what female genital mutilation was 10 years ago -- a global issue affecting millions of girls and women, yet one few people are talking about," said Hinojosa, an award-winning reporter who found her role to be both a professional and personal journey of a lifetime. "I was moved and inspired by the people I met working at the community level to bring an end to this practice.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
ast Thursdays New York Times ran a front-page article on female genital mutilation in Egypt ... We think of grotesque and blatant examples such as female genital mutilation, and systematic rape as a weapon of war in the genocide in Darfur ... The things that keep women in subordinate roles the inability to control when and with whom they have sex, to decide whether or not their daughters undergo female genital mutilation, to rebel if they decide they really dont want to cook dinner every night... (Yale Herald, CT)
Circumcision, as supporters call it, or female genital mutilation, as opponents refer to it, was suddenly a ferocious focus of debate in Egypt this summer. A nationwide campaign to stop the practice has become one of the most powerful social movements in Egypt in decades, uniting an unlikely alliance of government forces, official religious leaders and street-level activists. (International Herald Tribune)
Certain deforming cultural values such as female genital mutilation have been criminalized by the Parliament of Ghana. The increasingly educated traditional rulers and their institutions are being challenged to purify itself, minimize its chronic disputes, get involve in development, and participate in national discourse by looking into their cultures not only to help refine its inhibitions but also promote its good aspects. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Elmina, Sept. 18, GNA - Professor Miranda Greenstreet, Chairperson of the Gender Development Institute (GDI) on Monday pointed out that although rape is the most often cited sexual violence against women, female genital mutilation, trokosi and widowhood rites were also forms of sexual and gender based violence. She said these cannot be overlooked or justified on the grounds of tradition, culture or social conformity. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
In an odd twist of fate, his future now hangs on hers: If Koi is deported, he says, he will return with Kayla to Guinea, a country where 95 percent of girls are subject to female genital mutilation a practice that could substantiate an asylum claim. The Guilavoguis will argue that her birth changes the parameters of Kois claim, and that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals should rehear his case. (Yale Herald, CT)
We all condemn the existence of so-called witch camps in some districts in the north and the female genital mutilation in some communities, but we have never bothered to ask what the alternative is. You dont get a backward people forward, by one radio or TV commentary on their backwardness; you dont do so by passing legislations which do not work; you dont even do so by skewing national development to their disadvantage. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
What are some of the cultural inhibitions Mr. Samari want refined: widowhood rites, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, tribal marks and depriving girls of the right to education and, of course, witchcraft and ritual killings. In Mr. Samari the rationalization of Ghanas progress is on-going, aided not only by the emerging new generation of thinkers but also sustained by forces of globalization and activities of transnational Ghanaians, who have seen, over the years, how other... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ziada, who will run the office in Nasr City, is herself a survivor of female genital mutilation and a blogger-activist. As an organizer of the campaign to help free jailed blogger Kareem Amer, she has been interviewed by international media outlets and published in the International Herald Tribune. (PR Newswire)
So, while the scientific side of the Ghanaian mind demands objective, rational evidence as to why certain cultural inhibitions influence them, their brains mythopoeic, irrational side entice them to the inhibiting aspects of the culture - to witchcraft, forced marriage, Malams and Marabouts, the Pull Him Down syndrome, dominance of prophets, evil spirits, juju, or demons, Female Genital Mutilation, ritual killings, etc. The unbalanced thinking, mired in the inhibiting cultural parts... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
"Certain outmoded and negative cultural practices are too dehumanising to the people. Human beings cannot be treated like a beast. With civilization, we need to move forward," Mr Samari admonished, citing widowhood rites, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, cutting of tribal marks and depriving girls of the right to education as some of the practices that must be condemned. Mr Samari stated that unlike in the past, it was now criminal to engage in some of these negative cultural... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
And this means tackling one of their key obstructing obstacles in their progress certain inhibiting cultural practices, as Mr. Benson lists, among others, such as female genital mutilation, early marriages, widowhood rites, defilement, child trafficking and child labour ... In trying to refine its cultural inhibitions, the North should be aware that the rest of Ghana too have inhibiting cultural baggage the Parliament of Ghana recently criminalized Female Genital Mutilation; some... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Even as the debate on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) heats up in Ghana, elsewhere around the globe women continue to make history. Here in the United States, the smart money, as it were, is being bet on Mrs. Hilary Rodham Clinton to carry the national electoral mandate and, with the latter, of course, the White House, come Election 2008. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
of children in Upper East Wa, Aug.26, GNA - Mr. George Hikah Benson, Upper West Regional Minister, has noted that female genital mutilation, early marriages, widowhood rites, defilement, child trafficking and child labour continued to impede the development of children in the region. He called on traditional rulers in the region to abolish all obsolete cultures that partly gave rise to these negative practices. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
He says female aspirants in effect adopted the tactics used by male candidates -- abandoning traditional women's issues such as the promotion of gender equality and the fight against female genital mutilation. Astan Diallo, a sociologist, has similar views: "I think that they have done as the men do. One could not distinguish the men from the women. It was the same speeches, the same messes; the campaigns were identical.". (allAfrica.com)
" But Ms Hanson said she would have the support of Muslim women if they knew how oppressed they were. "I think that if Muslim women realise how they have been treated I probably would get a lot of support," she said. "Maybe we should look at the female genital mutilation that happens to young girls in this country. if people want to live by these ways then go back to the Muslim countries. (The Age, Australia)
Bongo(UER), Aug.15, GNA - Bo-Naba Baba Alamyarim, Paramount Chief of Bongo Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, has condemned negative cultural practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Widowhood rites, forced marriages and tribal marks being practiced by some communities in the area. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Bongo on Tuesday, Naba Alamyarim said he had instituted discussions with his elders on plans to stop such practices, saying, "they are... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
MALICOUNDA BAMBARA, 10 August 2007 (IRIN) - Some 70km southeast of Senegal's capital Dakar, a crowd of journalists and dignitaries gathered in the village of Malicounda Bambara on 5 August to commemorate the day 10 years ago, which made headlines around the world, when the community openly declared that it had abandoned a local tradition known as 'female genital mutilation' or 'female genital cutting' (FGM/C). Yet a decade later, here, and in many of the 2,657 villages in Senegal, Guinea and... (AlertNet)
This acquaintance, who had briefly sojourned in Nigeria, having also earned a first graduate degree in African Art at a major university in that country, had the temerity to presume that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was a wholesale practice in the West-African sub-region. I had to promptly remind him that while, indeed, the practice was quite widespread, or prevalent, it was not every ethnic nationality that indulged in it. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Mutilated Girls; U.K.'s Ignored Secret. Learn about the people, economy and history. (CBS News)
" The following day another forum, Islam and the rights of women: A conversation across cultures -- continued the discussion, and there was a genuine need to understand the complexities of various forms of Islam, demonstrated by the audience, via their questions. A small number of questioners had some fixed anti-Islamic attitudes, brought about by reports of female genital mutilation, so-called "honor killings" and stoning of widows. Professor Mehrun Siraj explained the facts from the Koran on... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Female Genital Mutilation Taking Place In Britain, Are Police Afraid To Stop It ... Down the road in Waltham Forest, more than a thousand women, girls and infants have experienced female genital mutilation or FGM. ... For a detailed description of what constitutes female genital mutilation, a visit to the will enlighten. (CBS News -- World)
Female genital mutilation, which the World Health Organization has called a form of torture, is practiced in Sudan, the panel said. It said Sudan has made efforts to end and criminalize the practice but this assault on human dignity persists. (MSNBC -- International)
Mrs. Chigabatia condemned the practice of female genital mutilation and congratulated Parliament for outlawing it. She said she would be working harder than before to eliminate early marriages in her area, a practice she described as the main cause of the drift of a large number of females from the Region to become 'kayayee' (female porters) in urban areas. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
He mentioned widowhood rites, the inability of women to inherit and own land, Female Genital Mutilation and domestic violence as some of the negative cultural practices affecting women in the area. Mr Atinga said although laws had been passed to curb these outmoded and inhuman practices, they still persisted, adding that it was against that background that FIDA-Ghana had stepped in to empower them to easily access justice. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Female genital mutilation on the rise in Britain ... LONDON - Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite efforts to stamp it out ... To make their point, police are offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to Britains first prosecution for female genital mutilation, Detective Chief Superintendent Alastair Jeffrey said. (MSNBC -- International)
Liz Claiborne died Tuesday; cause of death not immediately known Claiborne launched her company in 1976; retired from management in 1989 CEO: She revolutionized the fashion industry Her designs catered to the growing number of women entering work force Adjust font size. (CNN) -- Fashion designer Liz Claiborne died Tuesday, the company she founded said Wednesday. (Yahoo News -- Fashion and Modeling)
In the same sense, he specifically likens the hideous, indefensible practice of female genital mutilation in some animist and Muslim societies, with the circumcision of baby boys which, unlike clitorectomy, boasts abundant defenders (and practitioners) within the modern medical community ... In the same sense, he specifically likens the hideous, indefensible practice of female genital mutilation in some animist and Muslim societies, with the circumcision of baby boys which, unlike... (Townhall.com)
Concern grows in Britain over female genital mutilation - CNN.com ... Concern grows in Britain over female genital mutilation ... Female genital mutilation is becoming a growing problem in Britain. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Football)
Police in the UK are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in the practice of female genital mutilation. Here the Somalian-born model Waris Dirie describes her experience. (BBC News -- Africa)
The Metropolitan Police is offering a 20,000 reward for information which would bring to justice anyone involved in female genital mutilation ... " Preserving purity The police said they were anxious not to arrive at a situation where young girls returning from holidays in Africa were routinely checked at airports, and that they desperately needed grassroots support to stamp out the practice. I'm sure my mother thought she was doing me a favour - and in any case, I don't believe she had much... (BBC News -- Africa)
Not only did the appointment of Justice Wood comes on the tail of the criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation by the Parliament of Ghana but earlier the same legislature had criminalized trokosy, a cultural practice among the Ewe group in West Africa Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic where teenage girls are enslaved to shrines for sins committed by their parents. The key fertilizer for criminalizing these ancient cultural practices is democracy and its element of human rights. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Kofi Akosah-Sarpong mulls Ghanaian law-makers criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation. The criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation, part of some of the cultural inhibitions stifling Ghanas progress, by the Parliament of Ghana, indicates attempts to rediscover the state from its roots. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Hosted by David Reyne and Kim Watkins, it's the Marie Claire of morning TV. Along with gardening, cooking, minor celebs (and promotions for at-home gym gear: "Imagine how good you'll feel when you start to look sexy again"), the program tends to open with a heavy-duty issues-based segment (including female genital mutilation) that must leave sleep-deprived new mums reeling. But good on them for trying to differ from the competition. (The Age)
At the end of last month, LAWU petitioned a Ugandan court demanding that female genital mutilation, practiced by several communities in the eastern region of the country, be declared illegal ... The overturning of the adultery law caused a public uproar over concerns that it would lead to increased promiscuity, and the female genital mutilation campaign has already stirred worries about cultural encroachment. (CBS News)
Deemed the director's "autumnal masterpiece" by a New York Times film reviewer, the drama deals with a village woman who takes in four young girls seeking refuge from the painful and dangerous ritual of female genital mutilation an archaic practice that, according to the World Health Organization, puts an estimated 2 million African girls at risk annually. "I was born in a milieu where excision is practiced daily and accepted," Sembene told London's Guardian newspaper in 2005. (Los Angeles Times)
Rape in Mauritania, domestic violence in Mexico and Romania, child marriage in Bangladesh, and female genital mutilation or cutting in Kenya are just a few of the abuses, the UNFPA said. "What is unusual about this manual is that we have actually demonstrated how entire communities can change their attitudes to violence against women as a result of a few, specifically targeted interventions," said UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid in a statement. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
Parliament has amended the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill with a minimum sentence of five years and not more than ten years for persons engaged in female genital mutilation during the consideration stage ... Mahama Ayariga (NDC-Bawku Central) supporting the counter amendment said punishing people engaged in female genital mutilation must not be exceedingly punitive since it was introduced by cultural practices and not a willful act ... supporting the counter amendment said punishing people... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Oumou's daughter Fanta. Oumou Toure faces deportation next month. (CTV.ca)
The group also encourages female genital mutilation and using tobacco snuff. Mungiki was outlawed in 2002 after at least 20 people were killed in fighting between it and another gang called the Taliban, whose members come from the Luo tribe of western Kenya. (CNN)
Ms Yakubu identified banishment of women branded as witches, use of maid servants and practice of female genital mutilation, killing of women for infidelity as some of severe human rights abuses. She said some women also feared to report such issues because there were inadequate legal mechanisms. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Accra, June 6, GNA- The question of whether to deal harshly with practitioners of female genital mutilation or not, took centre stage on Wednesday with divisions over what was a suitable jail sentence for offenders. Some members called for a minimum of five and maximum of 10 years jail sentences for offenders, while others said the degrading cultural practice could result in the death and urged for a minimum of 10 and maximum of 25 years to deter the practitioners and accomplices of female... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Oumou's daughter Fanta was not yet born at the time of the hearing and the risk of female genital mutilation could not be considered ... "In other cases, the Immigration and Refugee Board has accepted that a threat of female genital mutilation is sufficient to grant refugee status, not just to the child, but to the family,'' Goldman said Tuesday at a news conference. If her application is rejected, Toure, who also has a nine-month-old Canadian-born son, could be deported as early as the first... (CTV.ca)
The group also encourages female genital mutilation and using tobacco snuff. Last week, government spokesman Alfred Mutua said that police have arrested 2,464 suspected Mungiki followers in recent months. (Forbes)
The Associated Press Published: June 5, 2007. NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenyan police killed more than 20 suspected members of an outlawed religious sect accused of beheadings and the deaths of two police officers this week, authorities said Tuesday. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
She would be returned to the West African nation of Guinea, where rates of female genital mutilation have been documented at 96 to 99 per cent. In general, the ritual is performed on girls as young as infants, as well as female children and adolescents ... Female genital mutilation, often referred to as "female circumcision," is the term applied to cultural practices that involve the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs. (Globe and Mail -- National)
For Human Nature's take on male and female genital mutilation, click. . (Slate)
The tiny agency makes a big noise in Marsabit, holding rallies and lobbying authorities against female genital mutilation and marriage of underage girls, which although illegal in Kenya, happen frequently in the north. Ms Ahmed wants to open a rescue centre for girls at risk, and to help 200 more girls who have applied to go to school. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
He particularly called for support towards the creation of more jobs for the youth, the elimination of negative cultural practices such as widowhood rites and female genital mutilation as such practices were impeding the moral and social growth of society. The Minister appealed to the Ministers of God to weed out the bad nuts amongst them by exposing the "False Prophets" whose activities negate the real intention for which their vocation was created. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Still, Western feminism is a pretty big tent: If you go looking for someone to say female genital mutilation or child marriage is "just their culture," you can find her (of course, you can find a lot more people who aren't feminists who will say the same). Academic feminists can split hairs with the best, and that can be frustrating. (CBS News)
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