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 | Amnesty International USA has a fact sheet on FGM at: http://www.amnestyusa.org/ |
| Circumcision Information and Resource Pages (CIRP) supplies both technical material and "a more readable collection of information suitable for parents and educators." See: http://www.cirp.org/ |
| The Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project disseminates "...material related to female genital mutilation" and is "...an online clearinghouse and a community for researchers, activists, attorneys, and health care practitioners..." See: http://www.fgmnetwork.org/ |
| International Coalition for Genital Integrity opposes genital surgery on males, females and intersexed persons. See: http://www.icgi.org/ |
| National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers is a U.S. clearinghouse for information on genital surgery of male, female and intersex children and babies. See: http://www.nocirc.org/about.php |
|  No Peace
Without Justice at:
http://www.npwj.org/stopfgm is promoting the International Campaign for the
abandonment of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). See:
http://www.npwj.org/stopfgm |
| PATH is an "... international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health." Search for genital mutilation in their search box. See: http://www.path.org/ |
| Research, Action & Information Network for Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO) "...is an African led international non-governmental organization working on issues of women's empowerment, gender, reproductive health, sexual autonomy and freedom from violence..." See: http://www.rainbo.org/ They have a fact sheet for physicians titled "Caring for women with circumcision" at: http://www.rainbo.org/ |
| Rising Daughters Aware was an ad hoc group in Oakland CA who once had a website at http://www.fgm.org. it appears to be currently inactive. |
| Third World Women's Health is a feminist group that encourages action to improve women's health in the third world. They have a FGM section at: http://haneydaw.myweb.uga.edu/ |
| UNICEF has an essay: "2 million girls a year mutilated," at: http://www.unicef.org/ |
| The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights publishes "Fact Sheet No.23, Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children," , at: http://www.unhchr.ch/ |
| The World Health Organization has many reports on FGM. Search for fgm at: http://www.who.int/en/ |
Web sites on FGM by individuals:
Such web sites tend to have a short half-life:
| Nimao M, "A reply to Waris Dirie," a personal account of FGM, at: http://www.angelfire.com/ |
| Jacqueline Castledine, "Female Genital Mutilation: An Issue of Cultural Relativism or Human Rights?," at: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/ |
| Fran P. Hosken, "Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): 150 MILLION GIRLS AND WOMEN MUTILATED IN AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST," at: http://www.feminist.com/ |
See our news feed on women's issues. It shows 20 current news items, and is updated every 15 minutes.
See also links to informational material on FGM
Copyright © 1998 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally published: 2002-DEC-8
Last updated 2007-MAR-10
Author: Bruce A Robinson
Links last checked: 2007-MAR
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