Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Campaign Against Genital Mitilation. "Campaign Against Genital Mutilation. To give people who are interested in eradicating female genital mutilation a means to communicate with each other." Yahoo! group.
CUAI's Women's Human Rights Action Team. "This group is a message board and a discussion forum for the activities of Amnesty International of Columbia University's Women's Human Rights Action Team. We will be discussing issues such as: Gang Raping of Women, Female Genital Mutilation, Female Infanticide, Honor Killings, Discrimination against women, Reproductive Rights, and other forms of denying women of their basic human rights." Yahoo! group.
EqualityNow � Equality Now (unofficial). "Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination against women through the mobilization of public pressure. Issues of concern to Equality Now include:

SEXUAL ASSALT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, TRAFFICKING, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, GENDER DISCRIMINATION

http://www.EqualityNow.org." Yahoo! group.
FMLA_Cerritos � FMLA Cerritos College. "JOIN THE CAUSE!
Feminism: n. the policy, practice, or advocacy of political, economic, and social equality for women.

We are not just a club at Cerritos College, but we are a chapter of a national organization called Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF). We fight for women's rights globally as well as in the United States, and issues such as sweat shops, FGM, pay equity, gender gaps and women's health." Yahoo! group.
GenitalIntegrity � Genital Integrity- Pro-child Pro-Intact. "Pro Intact- For people dedicated to put an end to MGM and FGM. For parents who have protected their children from a needless operation. Interested in learning more about intact genitals and the benefits of leaving them alone? You've come to the right place. Please, feel free to share information and experiences, we're all here to learn from each other." Yahoo! group.
Healthy-Tomorrow � Project Stop Excision. "Healthy Tomorrow is a Massachusetts-based humanitarian organization (www.stopexcision.net) partnered with its sister NGO Sini Sanuman in Mali. Together HT/SS are working to educate, raise awareness and stop female genital cutting / female genital mutilation in Africa." Yahoo! group.
Medconsumerinfo. "Medconsumer.info is your starting point for searching the Web for medical information. This forum exists for you to discuss, ask questions, and answer questions about any aspect of health, healthcare industry, and any aspect of being a patient. Please take whatever advice you receive through this forum to your doctor before changing or initiating any medically-related behavior." Yahoo! group.
Minnesotansagainstcircumcision � Minnesotans Against Circumcision. "This is a group for people against the horrible practice of Male Genital Mutilation also known as Circumcision. The group is mainly for people wanting to know more about this harmful practice and what they can do to stop this barbaric crime that has left so many scared and broken bodies. Minnesotans living in the Twin Cities and everywhere in Minnesota are encouraged to join and raise there voice in a place where they will be welcomed without fear. Open to all people everywhere! May one day MGM and FGM never again happen to innocent human beings!" Yahoo! group.
National_coalition_against_circumcision � National Coalition Against Circumcision. "The National Coalition Against Circumcision is a group designed to bring together all organizations against Circumcision and Genital Mutilation together into one forum.

This Forum is for people who do not agree with the practice of routine male or female genital mutilation, on infants or minor children." Yahoo! group.
Reproductive Health Forum. "Reproductive Health, Sexual Rights & Development Forum (RH FORUM)

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt in 1994 marked a critical shift in the focus of population programs and underscored the reproductive health and sexual rights needs of individuals and couples.

This marked a paradigm shift from the concept of maternal and child health and family planning to Reproductive health and sexual rights. But today the advent of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has overshadowed an integrated approach to reproductive health and sexual rights promotion.

This forum broadens the discourse on HIV/AIDS to include local voices hardly reported in any medium and provides an integrated approach to the dialogue on development issues. Issues for discussion would include Couple relationships, Unwanted pregnancy, Maternal mortality and morbidity, Sexually transmitted diseases (STD), Unsafe Abortion, Infertility, Violence against women, harmful traditional practices and female genital mutilation, Special population groups (adolescents), Safe motherhood, Family planning, and Population and development.

Through weekly discourse new ideas would be transformed to influence program design, implementation and public opinion in clearly observable ways.

The forum is a project of Development Communications Network, a media-based NGO focusing on science communication and health promotion." Yahoo! group.
Solidarityagainstfgm � Network against Female Circumcision. "We are members of the New Humanist movement (and those sympathetic to our cause) who are working internationally from our base in London to campaign against female genital mutilation in Africa. We have been asked by a group of 200 women in Kenya to begin this work and are establishing a network to that end. Please join us and share your pov, information or practical support! New Humanism (to be distinguished from atheist humanism) is the philosophy upon which our work is founded. This means that we place humans and human rights above any system or ideology and work always through nonviolent means."
Stop Infant Circumcision Society. "SICSOCIETY Stop Infant Circumcision Society Our group works towards educating people about how circumcision is an outdated and unnecessary medical procedure and needs to be stopped.... The AAP American Academy of Pediatrics on March 1st 1999, stated that they will no longer encourage parents to continue to circumcise their infant sons. Circumcision destroys over 80% of a males sensitivity THIS NEEDS TO STOP...NOW

Our 13th ANNUAL DEMONSTRATION/MARCH AGAINST INFANT CIRCUMCISION on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol will take place beginning March 29th - April th 2006.... April is also Child Abuse Prevention Month ...we need to start by putting an end to this horror.

Congress passed a law that protects women in our country from FGM Female Genital Mutilation (female circumcision) WHY doesn't this same law protect the infant male...?

Please read the material available and learn how and why circumcision needs to be stopped.
Contact us for information....thanks." Yahoo! group.
Students for Genital Integrity. "This group was started as a means to try and unite people working to end routine infant male circumcision with those working to end female genital mutilation, and those seeking to end s e x reassignment surgery on intersex children. These are three groups of people who generally work separate from each other, and often, don't want to be associated with each other. This is unfortunate. We are all dealing with three sides to the same issue, namely: the forced cutting of a child's genitals to conform to a particular society's concepts of aesthetics and normality.

Please use this listserv to exchange ideas on what we can do as students to help end all genital mutilations worldwide, and to post current news items regarding genital mutilation/integrity issues.

Group membership is moderated and is for STUDENTS ONLY. If you would like to join this group, please tell me what school you are affiliated with, as well as why you are interested in joining. This isn't a test though, regardless of your reason, if you are a student, you will be added to the list. It's just to get a better idea of people's interests." Yahoo! group.
WHY FGM - A PLACE TO DISCUSS FGM RELATED ISSUES AND PROBLEMS. "FGM MEANS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION WHICH IS A PROBLEM THAT FACES MANY WOMEN IN THE WORLD.WHY PEOPLE DO IT TO THEIR DAUGHTERS HAS MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES. IT IS A PRACTICE WITH MANY COMPLICATIO (SOCIAL,PSY...ETC. IT NEEDS TO BE FOUGHT!" Yahoo! group.

News

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) news from Google News.

Periodicals

Entre Nous. "the European Magazine for Sexual and Reproductive Health, is published three times a year and sets out to:
- increase the knowledge on sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning, making pregnancy safer and gender mainstreaming issues;
- promote the health of vulnerable groups such as adolescents, migrants and women;
- prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce abortion in the European Region;
- facilitate the move from abortion to contraception; and
- prevent HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections."

Organizations

Directory of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)-Related Organizations.

Photographs

Female Genital Mutilation photographs from Google Images.

Videos

Female Genital Mutilation videos from YouTube.com.

Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development. Provides video rentals on the topic of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Radioradicale.it. "Cairo, 22 june 2003 - The video of all the sessions of �The Afro-arab expert consultation on legal tools for the prevention of female genital mutilation�, which aims to define contents and strategies for more effective legislation for the prevention of female genital mutilations."

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