Article: Egypt passes law to ban female circumcision

Article: Female circumcision: The prevalence and nature of the ritual in eritrea
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: Harvard Women's Center shows documentary on female circumcision
University Wire;  March 11, 2008 ;     425 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...

Article: The prevalence of female circumcision in Yemen: a compilation of facts. (Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females)
WIN News;  January 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......Questioning // 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: Egypt's female circumcision ban nullified
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 25, 1997 ;     354 words ......widely practiced ritual known as female circumcision Tuesday. The ruling was a victory...Islamic fundamentalists who claim that female circumcision - called female genital mutilation...court did not rule out a ban on female circumcision, saying parliament could enact such...

Article: Q&A-SIERRA LEONE: ATTITUDES TOWARD FEMALE CIRCUMCISION SHIFT.
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 issue...about. IPS: What's your opinion of female circumcision now? SG: Our idea is maybe we're...

Article: Q&A-SIERRA LEONE: ATTITUDES TOWARD FEMALE CIRCUMCISION SHIFT
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  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 issue...about. IPS: What's your opinion of female circumcision now? SG: Our idea is maybe we're...

Article: Egyptians Stand By Female Circumcision; Tradition Flouts Foreign Pressures To Eliminate the Risky Practice
The Washington Post;  November 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ......widely practiced ritual known as female circumcision. Having ignored the issue for decades...other countries in Africa where female circumcision is commonplace, Egypt has come under...say Egypt's parliament should make female circumcision a criminal offense. Still others...

Article: Village Gives Up A Painful Ritual; Drive to End Female Circumcision Gains Support Among Egypt's Copts
The Washington Post;  June 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......development groups, the practice of female circumcision -- known to its critics as female...and others seeking to eradicate female circumcision in Egypt and elsewhere in the developing...of a recent U.S.-funded study on female circumcision in Egypt. Tayeba is not entirely...

Article: Immigrants bring practice of female circumcision to Europe.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......she was before her gudniin, the female circumcision rite that is common in many parts...Africa, have suffered some form of female circumcision. More alarming is their estimate...at risk. Until a few years ago, female circumcision was thought to be a Third World...

Article: Female Circumcision: An Emerging Concern in College Healthcare.
Journal of American College Health;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Abstract. Female circumcision (clitoridectomy), a traditional...Key Words: clitoridectomy, female circumcision, female genital mutilation...been drawn to the issue of female circumcision. [1] The news media have...

Article: Expert discusses culture of female circumcision at U. Penn
University Wire;  April 22, 2003 ;     540 words ......to understanding the practice of female circumcision and confronting the failure of international...efforts to end it. In Friday's talk, "Female Circumcision: Controversy and the Process of...genital mutilation, she explained that female circumcision is predominately practiced in ...

Article: Health Panel Urges Halt To Female Circumcision
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 13, 1993 ;     384 words ......announced its intention to put an end to female circumcision, an African custom that has maimed...would call for tougher action on female circumcision and on fasting during pregnancy...difficult to trace, health officials say female circumcision is variously an attempt to suppress...

Article: Egyptian Court Rejects Ban on Female Circumcision
Xinhua English Newswire;  June 24, 1997 ;     191 words ...An Egyptian court today overturned a ban on performing female circumcision in hospitals, putting an end to the government's...rather than making a statement on the nature of the female circumcision. A group of doctors in Cairo filed a case last September demanding that the government overturn ...

Article: We Are Decided: The Struggle of an Egyptian Village to Eradicate Female Circumcision. (Round Up: Publications).(Book Review)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2002 ;     114 words ......approach of an Egyptian village towards female circumcision is documented in this book. Villagers...unprecedented step of prohibiting female circumcision in the village and signing a local...the practice. In a country where female circumcision is widespread and deep-rooted, the...