Article: To help put a stop to female circumcision.(THE HOME FORUM)

Article: Progress report: campaign to stop FGM. (female genital mutilation)
WIN News;  September 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......actions to stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) officially started in 1979 with the WHO...the enactment of legislation prohibiting FGM; * Intensification of general education...on the dangers and the undesirability of FGM; * Intensification of education programmes...

Article: John A. Gauss Joins FGM, Inc.
PR Newswire;  January 24, 2006 ;     399 words ......Operations RESTON, Va., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- FGM, Inc., a growing information technology...John A. Gauss, RADM/USN (Ret.) has joined FGM, Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer...and resource allocation. Scott Gessay, FGM Founder and Chief Executive Officer said...

Article: HEALTH-KENYA: CHANGING FGM TRADITION THROUGH TALK
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  May 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) is at its highest and communities deeply...conversations hold out the promise of helping end FGM. The "intergenerational dialogue" is jointly...old people to talk about the practice of FGM, which persists even though it is illegal...

Article: Epidemiological surveys on FGM in Italy. (female genital mutilation)
WIN News;  June 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Italian scholars interested in analysing FGM in Italy. The group has been working from...the impact of immigration from areas where FGM is practiced and following a press campaign...attributed to the Ministry of Health, that FGM may be practised in Italian public health...

Article: COLUMN: FGM's violent history runs deep
University Wire;  October 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ......undergone female genital mutilation, or FGM, the term used to refer to the removal of...circumcision, is the most severe method of FGM. An infibulation involves a clitoridectomy...according to the Amnesty International Web site. FGM is practiced extensively in Africa and is...

Article: Mali: Centre Djoliba - education and action to stop FGM.(female genital mutilation)
WIN News;  September 22, 1998 ;     689 words ......different investigations and research on FGM * Start coordination of research activities...for prevention and to assist victims of FGM * Adoption of legislative, judicial and...and psychological support to victims of FGM and appeal for help for those who have stopped...

Article: AUSTRIA: CONFERENCE ON PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION OF FGM.(African Women's Organization of Vienna's conference addressing female genital mutilation)
WIN News;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Minister of Women's Affairs, Ethiopia - FGM and the Role of the World Health Organization...Health Organization - Worldwide Practices of FGM: Mrs. Berhane Ras-Work, President of the...Lady of Burkina Faso - Austrian Law and FGM: Min. R. Dr. Albin Dearing, Ministry of...

Article: FGM, Inc. Wins $60 Million Systems Engineering Contract.
PR Newswire;  July 2, 2009 ;     350 words ......Systems Engineering Contract Will Allow FGM to Continue to Provide Key Systems Engineering...Program RESTON, Va., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- FGM, Inc. announced today that the Space and...other related systems engineering support. FGM assembled a team for this procurement composed...

Article: FGM, Inc. and Solers Announce Joint Venture Forming Mirius LLC to Deliver Net-Centric Managed Service Solutions.
PR Newswire;  June 6, 2006 ;     568 words ...New Company Combines FGM's Service-Oriented Architecture and Solers...Initiatives RESTON, Va., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- FGM, Inc. and Solers announced an agreement...Federal Government customers. Scott Gessay, FGM's Chief Executive Officer said of the new...

Article: Specific laws against FGM needed, advocates say.(female genital mutilation)(Brief Article)
WE!;  August 1, 2003 ;     303 words ......to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) have called on their respective governments...Declaration, a statement released by anti-FGM advocates last 02 July 2003. The petition...state that a total ban on the practice of FGM may only be achieved through specific laws...

Article: Sudan: government plans to abolish FGM.(Africa)(Brief Article)
off our backs;  November 1, 2003 ;     180 words ......widespread practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country. At a symposium held in...government's aim to establish legislation banning FGM, to be supported by education and awareness...minister explained. Osman stressed that FGM had no religious purpose and would be prohibited...

Article: FGM Awarded $7.3M Department of Defense NECC FDCE Contract.
PR Newswire;  December 19, 2007 ;     422 words ...FGM to provide systems support and engineering for the production...19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded FGM, Inc. a three-year, $7.3M contract to provide systems support...certifying capabilities and delivering them to the warfighter. FGM's President and CEO, Scott Gessay, said: We're ...

Article: CAMEROON: HOPE IN ANTI-FGM PUSH RESTS WITH WOMEN LAWMAKERS
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......five-month-old baby girl and a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM). She and the group that sponsored her visit to the capitol...tolerable. There are some for whom we remove all the stuff there.'" FGM, also referred to as female circumcision, involves the partial...performed for a variety of reasons, ...

Article: AFRICA-HEALTH: FGM CHECKS INTO HOSPITALS
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  December 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Efua Dorkenoo, a Ghanaian activist against FGM. "This is actually taking people centuries...Instead of helping to lead the fight against FGM, says Odhiambo, many doctors are now becoming...statistics about the so-called medicalization of FGM, but they suspect is occurring in Egypt...