Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: female genital mutilation

female genital mutilation stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

CDC Must Stop Advocating Circumcision

Male procedure just as backward as reviled female version

Sep 29, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virtually everyone in the Western world seems to agree that female circumcision is horrible. It greatly reduces sexual pleasure, violates individual autonomy, and provides no discernible health benefits. Well, all that is true of male circumcision, too, writes Ethan Epstein, yet the CDC is considering a plan to “promote... More »

MORE ABOUT:
AIDS • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • female circumcision • genital mutilation • circumcision • female genital mutilation

 Scandinavia Battles 
 Genital Mutilation 

African, Middle Eastern immigrants arrested after mutilations abroad

Sep 19, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scandinavian countries are hitting perpetrators of genital mutilation with heavy fines and prison sentences, even when the act is committed in other countries, Global Post reports. African and Middle Eastern immigrants who take their daughters abroad for genital mutilations—which are considered normal and even necessary in some cultures—are... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Africa • Norway • genital mutilation • female genital mutilation • Sweden • Denmark • Scandinavia

Mukasey Steps Into Genital Mutilation Case

Citing further danger, AG gives woman second shot at asylum

Sep 23, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an extremely rare move, the US attorney general has stepped into a low-level immigration case and ordered that a victim of female genital mutilation be given another chance at asylum, CNN reports. AG Michael Mukasey slammed a previous decision that said the African woman had no reason to fear... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Africa • female circumcision • female genital mutilation • asylum • Michael Mukasey • Mali




 Slowly
 Changing
 Painful
 Customs 

Kenya group develops alternatives to female circumcision

Mar 14, 08 7:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The practice of female circumcision has been twice banned in Kenya, but nearly 40% of young women still undergo the painful and dangerous rite of passage into married life. The Christian Science Monitor profiles activists at the Tasaru Girls Rescue Center who work with villagers—using role models, lessons about... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Africa • Kenya • women's rights • female circumcision • female genital mutilation • Tasaru Girls Rescue Center • human rights activists

Brits Fight Genital Mutilation

Outlawed practice persists; offer reward for info

Jul 11, 07 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain is cracking down on female genital mutilation, banned in 2003 but still prevalent among immigrants from Africa and the Mideast. A campaign that begins today aims to raise awareness and enlist help in tracking down those who arrange or carry out the procedure, done on an estimated 400 to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
immigration • female genital mutilation • gender politics • Britain

Egypt Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation

Loophole removed after 11-year-old girl dies during circumcision

Jun 28, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A legal loophole allowing girls to undergo genital cutting for "health reasons" has been eliminated in Egypt, strengthening an earlier ban. Seen as a rite of passage and a way to lessen sexual desire, the practice had been fairly widespread. But after a heavily sedated girl died during the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
health • Egypt • sexual health • female circumcision • genital mutilation • safety • female genital mutilation • Grand Mufti

6 Stories


from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press