Article: Uganda to have law against female circumcision

Article: The Female Circumcision Controversy, an Anthropological Perspective
The Middle East Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...WOMEN The Female Circumcision Controversy...subject of female circumcision-also female genital mutilation (FGM), or female genital cutting-has...the term `female circumcision' for her...interpretations of female circumcision, such as...forms of ...

Article: Egypt bans all female circumcision
Xinhua News Agency;  June 28, 2007 ;     284 words ...Egypt bans all female circumcision CAIRO, June...banning all female circumcision, the Egyptian...to bar all female circumcision after a 11-ye...referred to as female genital mutilation...exceptional cases." Female genital cutting...Tuesday that female ...

Article: Immigrants bring practice of female circumcision to Europe.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......her gudniin, the female circumcision rite that is common...suffered some form of female circumcision. More alarming...few years ago, female circumcision was thought to...said Scoppa. Female circumcision remains widespread...characterizes as female genital ...

Article: Female genital mutilation : Is it crime or culture?(debate about female circumcision in Senegal)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  February 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ......carry out female genital mutilation...injury to the female genital organs whether...have banned female circumcision, and is used...recently banned female circumcision, including...In Guinea, female genital mutilation...favour of female ...

Article: Men Urged to Help Combat Female Circumcision in
Xinhua English Newswire;  November 26, 1997 ;     242 words ......crucial role to play in fighting female genital mutilation, delegates have...for concerted efforts to curb female genital mutilation, which is rampant...outmoded traditions, including female genital mutilation. Religious leaders...also join the campaign against female ...

Article: Egypt's religious leaders deny justification for female circumcision
AP Worldstream;  June 21, 2003 ;     435 words ......justification for the practice of female genital mutilation. The opening session...the legal tools to prevent female circumcision featured speeches by Bishop...influential in countries where female genital mutilation is widely practiced...

Article: VOA NEWS: OPPOSITION GROWING IN SENEGAL, GUINEA-BISSAU TO FEMALE CIRCUMCISION TRADITION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......practice of female genital mutilation...practiced female circumcision in the past...practice of female genital mutilation...a form of female circumcision. Some people...prohibiting female genital mutilation...

Article: UNICEF calls for global campaign against female circumcision
Xinhua News Agency;  February 25, 2003 ;     201 words ......global campaign against female circumcision KAMPALA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua...global campaign to end female circumcision by the year 2010. A statement...Tuesday as saying that female genital mutilation or cutting...million women have suffered female genital mutilation or ...

Article: Egypt's female circumcision ban nullified
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 25, 1997 ;     354 words ......practiced ritual known as female circumcision Tuesday. The ruling was...fundamentalists who claim that female circumcision - called female genital mutilation by its critics...did not rule out a ban on female circumcision, saying parliament could...Egyptian Supreme ...

Article: The secret world of female circumcision.
Daily News Egypt (Egypt);  October 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......was a secret admirer of female genital mutilation. I was swayed...decided to learn more about female genital circumcision. I decided...an instant, my view of female circumcision changed forever. While...Nevertheless, because female genital mutilation is tied to a...

Article: Female Circumcision: Medical Experts Describe it as Barbaric
Israel Faxx;  September 7, 1995 ;     562 words ......graphic report about female genital mutilation. Egyptian...practice of so-called female circumcision -- a practice...campaign against female genital mutilation has...or remove the female genitalia. After...outspoken advocate of female circumcision. His ...

Article: Loophole in female circumcision law closed.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  March 3, 2004 ;     166 words ......their daughters abroad to undergo female circumcision will face up to 14 years in jail...loophole in measures which banned female circumcision 17 years ago. Some in ethnic minority...unlawful to take girls abroad for female genital mutilation . It increased penalties...imprisonment. ...

Article: Female Circumcision Denounced
AP Online;  June 30, 2000 ;     470 words ......Online 06-30-2000 Female Circumcision Denounced UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Female circumcision can be eradicated...Toubia, co-author of ``Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide...headquarters on Thursday. ``Female genital mutilation or female circumcision can be ...

Article: Female Circumcision: An Emerging Concern in College Healthcare.
Journal of American College Health;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Abstract. Female circumcision (clitoridectomy...clitoridectomy, female circumcision, female genital mutilation...the issue of female circumcision. [1] The news...results of female genital mutilation...saw a film on female circumcision. She ...