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Family of Iraqi asylum-seekers charter private jet to Germany (LINK ONLY)
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Britain to overhaul its counter-extremism strategy (LINK ONLY)
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Maine Democrat Sara Gideon killed bills outlawing female genital mutilation Maine Dems argued legislation was racist
(Free Beacon) Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon repeatedly killed bills to outlaw female genital mutilation during her tenure as the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. Gideon leveraged her leadership position in the Democrat-controlled legislature to kill two separate bills that […]
Children & Teens
As Massachusetts bans female genital cutting, survivors and activists celebrate
(Religion News) When Mariya Taher moved to Massachusetts five years ago, she was shocked to find out the state had no legislation in place against female genital mutilation and cutting. Taher launched a petition, which earned more than 400,000 signatures, urging the […]
Children & Teens
UK’s only centre for eradicating FGM faces closure after funding pulled by government (LINK ONLY)
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Girls put ‘at risk’ as cash to help end FGM in Britain is reduced by 84% (LINK ONLY)
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Massachusetts House passes bill to establish criminal and civil penalties for female genital mutilation
(MassLive) A bill the Massachusetts House passed on Thursday would establish criminal and civil penalties for the practice of female genital mutilation. The bill (H 4606) would set a penalty of up to five years in state prison, or a fine of […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation: Report shows 68,000 victims in Germany A report estimates that the number of victims of female genital mutilation in Germany has increased by 44% since 2017, and nearly 15,000 girls may be at risk. The minister responsible linked the increase to migration.
(Deutsche Welle) The amount of women and girls in Germany who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) has increased to 68,000, the families minister announced Thursday. The increase, up 44% from the last estimated total calculated in 2017, was attributed to greater […]
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Horrifying figures reveal extent of female genital mutilation victims in Yorkshire (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
FGM declining in Finland, school health survey suggests Eighty out of over 35,000 girls who responded to the survey said they had been subjected to female genital mutilation.
(Yle) Some 80 girls in Finland reported having undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a school health survey by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL. The agency’s 2019 school health survey asked over 35,000 girls in upper secondary and […]
Children & Teens
Bill banning female genital mutilation passes
(WTVQ) Legislation to ban female genital mutilation in Kentucky is headed to the governor’s desk. The Senate voted 31-0 for the measure, known as Senate Bill 72, as amended in the House of Representatives. The House amendment placed an emergency clause in […]
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House panel advances bill to restore anti-genital cutting law
(Detroit News) A U.S. House committee on Wednesday advanced bipartisan legislation meant to fix the federal law prohibiting female genital cutting. The bill was introduced in response to a ruling by a federal judge in Michigan who declared the statute unconstitutional in 2018. That ruling […]
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Failed asylum seeker’s daughter ‘at high risk of FGM,’ judge rules
(BBC) A failed asylum-seeker’s daughter is at “high risk” of female genital mutilation (FGM) if she and her mother are deported, a senior judge has ruled. The High Court heard the woman, who has links to Bahrain and Sudan, has been refused […]
Children & Teens
Judge dismisses most serious remaining charge against doctor accused of genital mutilation
(Detroit News) A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the most serious remaining charge against a doctor accused of female genital mutilation. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala had sought a dismissal of a charge of conspiracy to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct involving […]
Children & Teens
Imam slammed for comparing female genital mutilation to gender transition surgery
(Breitbart) An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries. The imam’s comments were set out as part of an email that was framed about being against FGM […]
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House bill would explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation in Wyoming
(Oil City News) A Wyoming House of Representatives bill would explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation in the state if it were to become law. The legislation would also create new criminal sentencing guidelines for anyone convicted of engaging in female genital mutilation. […]
Children & Teens
Two arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of FGM offences
(Rotherham Advertiser) A man and a woman have been arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of facilitating female genital mutilation (FGM). Police said the arrests came after a woman attended a police station in Rotherham and reported she had been subjected to FGM, […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation feels ‘like living in a dead body’ More than 70,000 women in Germany have undergone female genital mutilation, and a rising number of young girls are considered at risk — even though it's illegal. It's prompted Berlin to set up a national anti-FGM office.
(Deutsche Welle) After Shadia Abdelmoneim’s third child was born, while she was still under anesthetic, her midwife performed female genital mutilation (FGM) on her without her consent. It led to a lengthy period of shock thereafter where she found it difficult to […]
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Historic victims of female genital mutilation offered help through Sheffield support services (LINK ONLY)
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Ireland’s first FGM conviction: Father sentenced to 5.5 years, mother sentenced to 4 years and 9 months (LINK ONLY)
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Bipartisan group of Kentucky senators introduces bill to ban female genital mutilation
(Louisville Courier Journal) Eleven Kentucky senators introduced a bill last week that would make female genital mutilation, or FGM, a felony offense. Eight Republicans and three Democrats are sponsoring Senate Bill 72, which also advises making law enforcement officers undergo training about FGM, […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation survivors urge states to ban the practice
(Alabama Political Reporter) Survivors of female genital mutilation are speaking out about the scars they carry from female genital mutilation to urge U.S. lawmakers to help put an end to the practice. 35 states have implemented legislation to criminalize female genital mutilation […]
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Forced marriages and ‘honour crimes’ against women ‘spike during Christmas’ (LINK ONLY)
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Parents convicted of ‘extremely serious offence’ of FGM to be sentenced next month (LINK ONLY)
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Plans to halt female genital mutilation can be ‘effective,’ MSPs told (LINK ONLY)
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Nigerian family facing deportation fear for their lives if sent back to Africa The Bakare family fled Nigeria out of fear their daughter would be subjected to female genital mutilation
(CBC) Members of a Nigerian family living in Windsor say they fear for their lives as a result of media attention they’ve received after a deportation order previously issued by the Canadian government. Rasheedat Bakare, her husband Afeez, son Faaiq and daughter […]
Children & Teens
Race, religion and prejudice: The issues raised at Ireland’s first FGM trial (LINK ONLY)
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Parents found guilty in Ireland’s first female genital mutilation trial (LINK ONLY)
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Jury in FGM trial told they have to make an ‘immensely important decision’ (LINK ONLY)
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FGM expert tells court it is ‘not possible’ that toy caused girl’s injuries (LINK ONLY)
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Woman accused of FGM says she is a victim herself and would not do the same to her daughter (LINK ONLY)
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Female genital mutilation victim welcome[s] arrival of new clinic (LINK ONLY)
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Blood found on carpet in home of couple accused of female genital mutilation of daughter, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Couple accused of female genital mutilation claim daughter sustained injuries when she fell on toy (LINK ONLY)
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Jury sworn in as couple goes on trial accused of female genital mutilation of child (LINK ONLY)
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Scottish FGM law won’t racially profile, Scots minister insists (LINK ONLY)
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Historic first: Bill from women MPs of colour to fight female genital mutilation
(NZ Herald) Women MPs of colour and across four political parties are banding together to ensure female genital mutilation is illegal in New Zealand. A bill to clarify the legal definition of female genital mutilation has been introduced to Parliament and is […]
Arts & Entertainment
WIFF documentary shines spotlight on female genital mutilation Giselle Portenier's 'In the Name of Your Daughter' is one of the headlining [films] at this year's WIFF
(CBC) Ask Giselle Portenier why she chose to travel to Tanzania for her latest documentary, and she’ll say that Tanzania actually chose her. According to the self-described human rights filmmaker, whose latest project In the Name of Your Daughter is set to […]
Children & Teens
‘It’s a serious form of child abuse’: Thousands of girls in Ireland at risk of female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Mum who planned illegal surgery on daughters’ genitals loses appeal
(Brisbane Times) A Queensland mother found guilty of arranging for her two daughters to have their genitals mutilated has had her appeal dismissed after failing to convince a court her children were unreliable witnesses. In February, the woman, who can’t be named […]
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NSW genital mutilation convictions stand
(AAP) The convictions of three people for female genital mutilation in NSW will stand after Australia’s highest court ruled the practice is illegal in all its various forms. The ruling comes four years after the trio was convicted by a jury of […]
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Bills to restore anti-genital cutting law could see renewed push in Congress
(Detroit News) Efforts to revise the federal law prohibiting female genital cutting had been stalled in the U.S. House, but leaders appear poised to take up the issue this fall. Republican lawmakers have pushed legislation to restore the law after a ruling by a federal judge […]
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Group urges legislators to pass female genital mutilation bills in upcoming session
(Alabama Political Reporter) Alabama is one of just 15 states where girls have no laws protecting them against female genital mutilation. The EndFGMToday initiative wants all states to pass laws outlawing the procedure in 2020. They also are trying to get federal […]
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Forced marriage and FGM to be a social work focus in Aberdeen (LINK ONLY)
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Woman fled female genital mutilation ‘cutter’ role after Birmingham intervention (LINK ONLY)
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Amina Ali: I’m a FGM victim, says candidate to be Labour MP (LINK ONLY)
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Asylum seeker’s daughter faces deportation from Britain despite FGM risk
(Reuters) A British court said on Wednesday it had no power to stop the deportation of a 10-year-old girl at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) after authorities rejected her mother’s asylum application. The girl’s mother, who travelled to Britain from Bahrain […]
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Vermont lawmakers urged to ban female genital mutilation
(VTDigger) An anti-female genital mutilation organization is urging Vermont lawmakers, and those from 15 other states, to enact laws banning the procedure. While female genital mutilation, or genital cutting, was outlawed in the United States for two decades through federal legislation, the […]
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Men ‘accuse wives of FGM to stop them going abroad’ (LINK ONLY)
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Detroit’s female genital mutilation case takes a big legal hit
(Detroit Free Press) Activists fighting to end female genital mutilation worldwide are reeling at the latest decision involving Detroit’s FGM case, in which a doctor is charged with cutting the genitals of nine 7-year-old girls who cried and bled as another woman […]