Genital modification and mutilation

Physician Advocates for Women’s Sexual Rights Across the Globe in New Book

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Monday, November 16, 2020
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The book follows a young girl named Kedra, who is a victim of the most dangerous type of FGM called, infibulation.

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  • The book follows a young girl named Kedra, who is a victim of the most dangerous type of FGM called, infibulation.
  • This heart-wrenching book shares Kedras battle with society and tradition in order to avoid rejection in her Somalian community in Ethiopia.
  • Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the female external genitalia, has no health benefits and is considered a violation of womens sexual rights.
  • While working as a physician in different hospitals throughout the Ethiopian capital I saw many victims of FGM, said the author.

New report finds FGM/C much more widespread across the Middle East than widely acknowledged

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Monday, March 30, 2020
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According to UNICEF , at least 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C in 31 countries worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • According to UNICEF , at least 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C in 31 countries worldwide.
  • This only includes nations where there is available data from large-scale representative surveys, incorporating 27 countries from Africa, together with Iraq, Yemen, the Maldives, and Indonesia.
  • In the Middle East, it is only illegal in Oman and the Kurdistan region of Iraq, alongside Egypt and Sudan in North Africa.
  • We owe it to survivors and those at risk to ensure political commitments made by governments to end FGM are finally fulfilled."

New report finds FGM/C occurring in 92 countries, millions more women and girls affected than widely acknowledged

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
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FGM/C is occurring in at least 92 countries, but only 51 (55%) have specific legislation against the practice, leaving millions without adequate legal protection.

Key Points: 
  • FGM/C is occurring in at least 92 countries, but only 51 (55%) have specific legislation against the practice, leaving millions without adequate legal protection.
  • According to UNICEF , at least 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C in 31 countries worldwide.
  • It is typically carried out on girls between infancy and age 18, and women are also occasionally subjected.
  • For media enquiries please contact Equality Now Sr. Media Manager Tara Carey at [email protected] or T. +44 (0)7971 556 340 (WhatsApp)

Premier New Jersey Landscaping Company - Fullerton Grounds Maintenance - Launches Career Changing Apprenticeship Program

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Friday, March 13, 2020
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We are aiming to develop the next generation of leadership in this industry," said FGM owner Scott Fullerton.

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  • We are aiming to develop the next generation of leadership in this industry," said FGM owner Scott Fullerton.
  • The apprenticeship program provides hands-on career training provided by an experienced mentor.
  • FGM is one of the three landscape companies in New Jersey to offer employees the opportunity to participate in the new NALP program.
  • Fullerton Grounds Maintenance , based in Kenvil, New Jersey, has been a leading provider of landscape services in central and northern New Jersey for the past 25 years.

Article - Female genital mutilation: where, why and consequences

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to procedures involving the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genitals for non-medical reasons.

Key Points: 
  • Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to procedures involving the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genitals for non-medical reasons.
  • Although internationally recognised as a human rights violation, about 68 million girls worldwide are at risk of it by 2030.
  • What are the reasons for female genital mutilation?
  • The practice predates the rise of Christianity and Islam and reflects deep-rooted inequalities between the sexes.

Flack Global Metals Announces Plans for New Coil Coating and Metals Processing Facility

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
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CLEVELAND, Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Flack Global Metals ("FGM") announced today that it is moving forward with plans to build and operate a state-of-the-art coil coating and downstream processing facility adjacent to Big River Steel's Flex Mill located in Osceola, Arkansas.

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  • CLEVELAND, Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Flack Global Metals ("FGM") announced today that it is moving forward with plans to build and operate a state-of-the-art coil coating and downstream processing facility adjacent to Big River Steel's Flex Mill located in Osceola, Arkansas.
  • FGM, a leading metals service center, has plans to invest approximately $150 million and create more than 150 new jobs with its business expansion plan.
  • FGM hopes to begin construction on the facility in the summer of 2020 and to commission the facility in late 2021.
  • Flack Global Metals designs and fulfills supply chains for OEMs using flat rolled steel, aluminum and stainless.

Intact America Proposes Adding Circumcision and Genital Cutting to List of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); Launches ACEs Website and Electronic App

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
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Subsequently, they collaborated on the website and app, and have published a white paper titled "Child Genital Cutting as an Adverse Childhood Experience" supporting the modification of the standard ACEs questionnaire to include child genital cutting (CGC).

Key Points: 
  • Subsequently, they collaborated on the website and app, and have published a white paper titled "Child Genital Cutting as an Adverse Childhood Experience" supporting the modification of the standard ACEs questionnaire to include child genital cutting (CGC).
  • "To exclude childhood genital cutting from the evaluation of adverse childhood experiences is to ignore a trauma that though widespread and culturally tolerated systematically victimizes children," says Bollinger.
  • The new website, AdverseChildhoodExperiences.net, covers basic information on ACEs, as well as resources on childhood genital cutting for researchers.
  • Intact America is the largest national advocacy group working to end child genital cutting in America and to ensure a healthy sexual future for all people.

Intact America Issues Three Children's Genital Protection Statements Regarding State Legislative Bills

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Monday, March 18, 2019
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However, by virtue of their very narrow scope, they are themselves discriminatory," said Georganne Chapin, executive director of Intact America.

Key Points: 
  • However, by virtue of their very narrow scope, they are themselves discriminatory," said Georganne Chapin, executive director of Intact America.
  • Two bills have been introduced into the current Iowa legislative session to protect girls and intersex minors from female genital mutilation (FGM) and intersex genital surgery.
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    Two bills have been introduced in the current Connecticut legislative session to protect girls and intersex minors from female genital mutilation (FGM) and intersex genital surgery.
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    A bill has been introduced into the current California legislative session to protect intersex minors from genital surgery.

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill: Remaining Stages

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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MPs debate the remaining stages of the FGM Bill.

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  • Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill: Remaining Stages
    Today MPs in theHouse of Commonswill debate the remaining stages of the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill.
  • What is the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill?
  • The Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill makes a one-line amendment to the Children Act 1989.
  • This would allow FGM protection orders, legislated for in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, to be made in family court.

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill: Remaining Stages

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom, Feminism, Women's health, Women's rights, Women, Violence against women, Female Genital Mutilation Act, Violence, Female genital mutilation, Genital modification and mutilation, Gender, Prevalence of female genital mutilation by country

MPs debate the remaining stages of the FGM Bill.

Key Points: 
  • Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill: Remaining Stages
    Today MPs in theHouse of Commonswill debate the remaining stages of the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill.
  • What is the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill?
  • The Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill makes a one-line amendment to the Children Act 1989.
  • This would allow FGM protection orders, legislated for in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, to be made in family court.