Blogs about: Female Genital Mutilation

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I Didn't Know2 comments

onethoughtfulwoman wrote 3 days ago: The other day I made a disturbing discovery. Sitting on a train, my book title was kept well hidden … more »

Tags: Christianinty, Debate, God, Human Rights, Law, Role of Women, sex, Women, Abuse

"The Feminization of a Pandemic": AIDS and women

h.e.g. wrote 3 weeks ago: Women are hit disproportionately by AIDS in much of the world.  According to an article from On t … more »

Tags: Gender, Domestic Violence, gender based violence, HIV/AIDS, inequality, Marriage, rape, Sex workers, sexism

Female circumcision: a tradition steeped in blood - The Independent

sally wrote 1 month ago: “Police are to stage high-profile checks on flights to a number of African states in an attemp … more »

Tags: News

FGM now illegal in Egypt

michscav wrote 1 month ago: Matthias S Klein is right to feel annoyed that there was little media coverage to announce the fact … more »

Tags: ethics, Female Circumcision, Matthias S Klein

Genital Mutilation Cases Must be Considered for Asylum

nunoftheabove wrote 1 month ago: *************The post that follows is graphically explicit. If you are easily disturbed, please use … more »

Tags: Commentary, Current Events, Religion, U.S. news, Women's Issues, World News, Board of Immigration Appeals, Guinea

Moses Ole Kinayia, Seattle, Washington

alusainc wrote 1 month ago: Now 35, Moses Ole Kinayia says it took him seven years longer than usual to get his master’s … more »

Tags: Business, Philanthropy, child marriage, Educaiton for Leadership and Network Development, eland, Maasai, Masai, Melissa denmark, Moses Ole Kinayia

Egypt's parliament bans Female Genital Mutilation9 comments

coffeestainednews wrote 1 month ago: This is really wonderful news… And, marriage has been banned for both male and females under t … more »

Tags: Religion, Egypt's parliament, Female Circumcision, Religious Beliefs

Talking openly with ANTM's Fatima: Female Circumcision

orato wrote 2 months ago: Fatima Siad shocked everyone when she shared a very personal secret on America’s Next Top Mode … more »

Tags: Lifestyles, Reality TV, Fashion, America's Next Top Model, Modeling, fatima siad, Female Circumcision, Refugee, Somalia

Human Rights Facts (11): Female Genital Mutilation1 comment

Filip Spagnoli wrote 2 months ago: Female genital mutilation (FGM), or the practice involving the cutting away of one or more parts of … more »

Tags: Human Rights, human rights facts, Africa, Arab, FGM, Gender Discrimination, Women's rights

US Circuit Court Hears Asylum Appeal in Female Genital Mutilation Case

grrrlriot wrote 2 months ago: This article was taken from Feminist Daily News Wire May 1, 2008 US Circuit Court Hears Asylum Appea … more »

Tags: Women, feminists, feminist, Feminism, Feminism Friday, News, Human Rights, INTERNATIONAL, HumanRights

The Last Day of Women's History Month

Cara wrote 3 months ago: I started out this entry looking for search engines whose search results are solely female owned and … more »

Tags: Political, Global, News, Shopping, Green, Women, health, Lesbian, media

Daily Kos contributor: Women under Islam are fine!3 comments

wolkingsworld wrote 4 months ago: LGF destroys, in only a couple sentences, an argument that must have been nearly impossible to wri … more »

Tags: Liberalism, Islam, Women, Christian, Muslim, Kill!, Worst, beat, rape

Katoucha's Body found... Family asking for new Autopsy

fashionmafia wrote 4 months ago: In a post earlier today, FashionReporters’ News is revealing that, after the discovery of Kato … more »

Tags: Fashion, supermodel, Katoucha, missing, Paris police, Female Circumcision, International Day of Woman, Model's Body found

Mother's Day Appeal2 comments

onethoughtfulwoman wrote 4 months ago: Yesterday was mother’s Day and I have received an e-mail correspondence from a group I belon … more »

Tags: Families, change, Role of Women, Debate, development, Human Rights, health, Women, fistula

Revolutionary Revision of the Hadith in Turkey?

Citizens Against Sharia wrote 4 months ago: [Update: Reports of Turkey's revision plans may have been exaggerated.] According to the BBC, Turkey … more »

Tags: Islam, Sharia, Sharia, Jihad, Religion, reform, Qur'an, islamist, Hadith

Re-inventing The Text8 comments

athinkingman wrote 4 months ago: There are many people who chose to base their lives around a particular religious text. This religi … more »

Tags: language, Religion, Bible, Christianity, corinthians, Deobandi, Hadith, Hermeneutics, Islam

Is Turkey Changing Islam?4 comments

archiearchive FCD wrote 5 months ago: I have not written on Islam for some time. There seemed to be little change happening. Suddenly, tod … more »

Tags: Religion, turkey, Islam, Hadiths, subjugation of women, Koran

Clitoraid - Adopt a Clitoris today!1 comment

alternativefrock wrote 5 months ago:   In what can inarguably be considered abominably degrading treatment of women, Female Genital Mut … more »

Tags: Achtung!, I Slam ..., FGM, Africa, infibulation, Islam, Women in Islam, Circumcision, clitoraid

A belated post about the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation2 comments

Chelsey wrote 5 months ago: The UN described a plan to cut down the international occurrence of female genital mutilation Feb. 8 … more »

Tags: News, Women, female mutilation, Violence, woman, Abuse, Africa, World Health Organization, UN