Article: Loophole in female circumcision law closed.

Article: Parents face jail to halt female circumcision.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  March 3, 2004 ;     392 words ... ... daughters abroad to undergo female circumcision will face up to 14 years ... come into force today. Home Secretary David Blunkett and Home Office ... in measures which banned female circumcision 17 years ago. The practice ...

Article: Female circumcision: The prevalence and nature of ...
Military Medicine;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... concerning the practice of female circumcision among the women of Eritrea ... and beliefs concerning female circumcision. Eighty-eight percent ... undergone some form of female circumcision. Those who favored the ...

Article: Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives
Western Folklore;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives. Edited by Rogaia ... Mustafa Abusharaf, wisely chooses the general term "female circumcision." Each form of female circumcision involves a different level of physical change ...

Article: The prevalence of female circumcision in Yemen: a ...
WIN News;  January 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... FINDINGS: Geo-Cultural Spread of the Practice // Forms of Female Circumcision Practiced in Yemen // Timing of Female Circumcision // Reasons for Female Circumcision // Practitioners of Female Circumcision // Health Complications ...

Article: The Female Circumcision Controversy, an ...
The Middle East Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...WOMEN The Female Circumcision Controversy, an Anthropological ... Fluehr-Lobban The subject of female circumcision-also female genital mutilation ... Gruenbaum has chosen the term `female circumcision' for her study both because ...

Article: Q&A-SIERRA LEONE: ATTITUDES TOWARD FEMALE ...
Interpress Service;  August 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... traditional practice commonly known as female circumcision, which can cause a range of harmful ... seen by some as an endorsement of female circumcision. What are your feelings on the ... IPS: What's your opinion of female circumcision now? SG: Our idea is maybe we ...

Article: Harvard Women's Center shows documentary on female ...
University Wire;  March 11, 2008 ;     528 words ... ... screening sparked a discussion of female circumcision at the Harvard University Women ... needs to be considered. Although female circumcision is internationally condemned as ... to marry an older man and undergo female circumcision. Andoh fled her home country and ...