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 | Fauziya Kassindja, et al., "Do They Hear You When You Cry?" |
A reader of our site commented on this book: "It was wonderful and very educational; I really recommend it." The book describes the experiences of a 17 year old woman who escaped from her West African village just hours before she was scheduled to be mutilated. She made it to the U.S. where she was faced with an immigration nightmare. 5 book reviews on the Amazon.com site each rated the book a rating of 5 out of 5! Some excerpts are:
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The book is: Fauziya Kassindja, Layli Miller Bashir, Gini Kopecky, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Do They Hear You When You Cry?," Bantam Doubleday Dell Books (1998). It is available on cassette from Amazon.com books. It is also available in hardcover from Amazon. Each version can be purchased at less than $10 plus shipping, as of 2002-AUG.
| S.M. James, & C.C. Robertson, Eds., "Genital cutting and
transnational sisterhood: Disputing U.S. polemics," University of
Illinois Press, (2002). This is bound to be a controversial publication.
A book review at Amazon.com states that the book: "critiques the sources that
perpetuate the harmful myths that all African women have been mutilated and
promote doing so to their children, that those who perform it are barbaric, and
that families who allow it are abusive. With sensitivity and clarity, the
contributors to 'Genital Cutting and Transnational Sisterhood' provide necessary
and alternative suggestions for the eradication of the most harmful procedures
which they feel can only occur when the leadership of African women in the
ongoing campaigns is acknowledged and supported, and when income generation for
African women and education of the U.S. public, rather than criminalization,
become primary strategies."
You can read reviews and/or order the book safely from Amazon.com's
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| Sami Aldeeb, "Male and female circumcision." The author is staff legal
adviser for Arab and Islamic Law at Swiss Institute of Comparative
Law. He has written a number of books on FGM:
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You can contact the author at Sami.Aldeeb@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch
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Research Action and Information Network for the bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO) has a list of books, pamphlets for African immigrants and refugees to the U.S., and other publications on FGM which they stock for sale. See: http://www.rainbo.org/publications/publications.html |
Medical information on FGM:
Until recently, little medical information had been available to help physicians in the treatment of female victims of FGM. With the influx of thousands of African and Asian immigrants annually, medical personnel in the U.S., Canada and UK need basic information about FGM in order to handle the medical and obstetric implications of FGM.
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Beverley Chalmers & Kowser Omer-Hashi: "Female Genital Mutilation
and Obstetric Care," Trafford, (2003).
Amazon.com describes the book as providing: "...a valuable resource for
those concerned with the Obstetric, Midwifery and Nursing care of women who
have previously undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Unique
information on the practice of FGM is also provided from a multidisciplinary
viewpoint. Embedded n a global perspective, the book integrates social,
cultural, religious, psychological and sexual information with appropriate
medical and obstetrical care....The book is ideally suited to practicing
professionals as well as students in Obstetrics, Midwifery and Nursing. It
is also of value to Lawyers, Social Workers, Psychologists, Teachers, and
others in the helping professions who care for women or children with FGM.
In his foreword to the book, Professor Mahmoud Fathalla (Assiut University
Egypt, and Past President of FIGO) highly recommends the book for global
application.
Read
reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store |
| Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity
of Women (RAINBO), a New York, NY, sells a booklet on care for FGM
affected women. 4 |
| The American College of Ob/Gyns has a FGM treatment training
kit. 5 |
| Rising Daughters Aware, an Oakland CA agency provides a
"FGM Crash Course for Health Professionals." 6 |
| The Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has produced a information sheet: "Female Genital Mutilation: Information for Australian health professionals." 7 |
There are few clinics in the West which specialize in treating complications arising from FGM. Two are:
| Comfort Momoh's "African Well Woman Clinic" in London, England. |
| Dr. Nawal Nour's clinic at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. |
Additional information on FGM.
| "Discussions of Female Circumcision," H Net, Three articles http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/ |
| Molly Ryan, "Universalism vs. Relativism in Human Rights: Implications for Human Rights Practice: Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation," 1997-Fall, at: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/ |
See also links to web sites on FGM
References:
- "Church speaks out against female genital mutilation," at: http://www.adventist.org/ (Now offline)
- Rising Daughters Aware: Order forms, Section 11," at: http://www.fgm.org/ (Now offline)
- Publications, RAINBO, at: http://www.rainbo.org/publications/publications.html
- Nahid Toubia, "Caring for women with circumcision: A technical manual for health care providers." Order from http://www.rainbo.org/publications/publications.html
- "Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation: Clinical Management of Circumcised Women" ACOG, #AA319. May be purchased from 1-800-762-2264, or from the Resource Catalog Section of ACOG's web site at http://www.acog.org .
- "FGM Crash Course for Health Professionals," Rising Daughters Aware, 160 pages, at: http://www.fgm.org/Instructions.html FREE This web site appears to have been discontinued.
- "Female Genital Mutilation: Information for Australian health professionals," Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at: http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/
- Tostan: Women's Health and Human Rights is a non-governmental
organization based in Senegal, West Africa, run by local people, and
funded primarily by UNICEF. See: http://www.tostan.org/
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Copyright © 1998 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally published: 1998-MAR-13
Last updated 2007-MAR-10
Author: Bruce A Robinson
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