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  1. 6 Sep 2018

    Cat calling women could soon be made illegal. However cat calling to cover the sound of screaming as is carried out is still fine.

  2. Wait! What? Judge dismisses key charges in genital mutilation case. “Twenty-three states do not have laws criminalizing female genital mutilation, Quast said. I had no idea that we needed laws against in the United States.

  3. Horrifying to read about the death of two young girls in Somalia due to . This heinous practice must come to an end:

  4. 5 hours ago

    “We need a different strategy ensuring we respect the girls’ right to privacy and also that we have a clear plan of what we do with the information. “When we find out that a girl has gone through , what will be the consequences…

  5. 5 hours ago

    Schoolgirls in to face compulsory tests for pregnancy and via

  6. 3 hours ago

    Why should you care about FGM? Read this:

  7. Devastating but predictable ruling on . This is why it’s important to talk about ALL infant genital cutting in a non-gendered way. The same arguments used for male circumcision (religious/culture, parental autonomy) can legally be used to justify 1/2

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  8. 4 hours ago

    Schoolgirls in Kenya to face compulsory tests for pregnancy and FGM | Global development | The Guardian. This may be well intentioned but imposing such examinations is likely to be a further violation on girls.

  9. 27 Oct 2018

    This is a powerful yet excruciatingly harrowing account of . Think it's not happening in the UK? Wrong. It affects more than 130,000 women & girls in England & Wales alone. Sending love to 💕

  10. Jan 3

    37.5 percent of girls aged 15-49 in the region had undergone - a ↓ rate than just two years before! We thank activists around the world that are making saving women and girls from female genital mutilation & cutting their personal mission. 👏

  11. U.S. & UK law enforcement have signed an intelligence sharing agreement to tackle female genital mutilation and have staged joint operations at airports in London, New York and elsewhere to crack down on the barbaric and violent crime of .

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  12. 7 Sep 2018

    Girls ‘being pressured into in UK playgrounds’, well done to the survivor/campaigner for her campaigning on the issue.

  13. 5 hours ago

    Compulsory tests? This is not the right way. The girls are victimised once again instead of being protected. Protect their rights.

  14. 20 Dec 2018

    is internationally recognised as an extreme violation of the rights of women and girls. can never be “safe” and there is no medical justification for the practice. We need to in

  15. 22 Jul 2018

    As a father of a beautiful daughter I am heartbroken and disgusted by this story. There is not justification for and we cannot accept men like this hiding behind a false interpretation of culture. RIP little 👼🏽

  16. 23 Nov 2018

    We must . This is not comparable to circumcision in any way, so I don’t want to hear that nonsense argument. This is child abuse and has nothing to do with religious freedom. The CONDEMNS . Stop going backwards America!

  17. 20 Nov 2018
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  18. 11 Sep 2018

    Accusations of can happen to 'explain' why a girl has died during/after . Lucy Njomo uses her story to raise awareness, after her twin sister died as a result of FGM. 📺 Watch her story > 📖 Read her story >

  19. “The Narok county commissioner’s efforts to fight in the past are to be commended, but this is not the right way. This is demeaning & violates a girl’s right to dignity & privacy," says 's by

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