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Cat calling women could soon be made illegal. However cat calling to cover the sound of screaming as
#FGM is carried out is still fine. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6135997/Misogyny-step-closer-hate-crime-ministers-announce-Law-Commission-review.html … -
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
#FGM in the United States. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2018/11/20/judge-dismisses-key-count-genital-mutilation-case/2066855002/ … -
Horrifying to read about the death of two young girls in Somalia due to
#FGM. This heinous practice must come to an end: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/17/somalia-under-renewed-scrutiny-over-female-genital-mutilation-after-two-more-young-girls-die … -
“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
#FGM, what will be the consequences…https://lnkd.in/dipRhnX https://lnkd.in/dGfC4wY -
Schoolgirls in
#Kenya to face compulsory tests for pregnancy and#FGM via@guardiannews https://bit.ly/2SILAnW pic.twitter.com/m0ZJoHvE6i
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Why should you care about FGM? Read this: https://bit.ly/2CNCcKu
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Devastating but predictable ruling on
#FGM. 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 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/nov/20/us-female-genital-mutilation-detroit-michigan-unconstitutional …Show this thread -
Muslims:
#FGM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM IT IS CULTURAL NOT RELIGIOUS Also Muslims: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/female-genital-mutilation-religious-right-us-first-case-fgm-detriot-michigan-a7748736.html … -
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.
#FGM https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/04/schoolgirls-in-kenya-to-face-compulsory-tests-for-pregnancy-and-female-genital-mutilation-narok-county … -
This is a powerful yet excruciatingly harrowing account of
#FGM. Think it's not happening in the UK? Wrong. It affects more than 130,000 women & girls in England & Wales alone. Sending love to@HiboWardere
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/forgave-mother-fgm-want-stop-practice/ … -
37.5 percent of girls aged 15-49 in the
#Kurdish region had undergone#FGM- 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.
https://www.voanews.com/a/women-strive-to-end-genital-mutilation-in-kurdish-iraq/4726195.html … -
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
#FGM. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45442795 …pic.twitter.com/NdgaUjuNVQ
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Girls ‘being pressured into
#FGM in UK playgrounds’, well done to the survivor/campaigner for her campaigning on the issue. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fgm-uk-female-genital-mutilation-police-prosecutions-operation-airport-us-proclamation-a8526386.html … -
Compulsory tests? This is not the right way. The girls are victimised once again instead of being protected. Protect their rights.
#pregnancy#FGM https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/04/schoolgirls-in-kenya-to-face-compulsory-tests-for-pregnancy-and-female-genital-mutilation-narok-county?CMP=share_btn_tw … -
#FGM is internationally recognised as an extreme violation of the rights of women and girls.#FGM can never be “safe” and there is no medical justification for the practice. We need to#EndFGM in#SierraLeone#LeavingNoOneBehindSLhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/20/girl-10-dies-after-female-genital-mutilation-in-sierra-leone?CMP=share_btn_tw … -
As a father of a beautiful daughter I am heartbroken and disgusted by this story. There is not justification for
#FGM and we cannot accept men like this hiding behind a false interpretation of culture. RIP little
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We must
#EndFGM. 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@WHO CONDEMNS#FGM. Stop going backwards America!#SoMeDocs http://ow.ly/dCrt300AfsB https://twitter.com/AmericanTrue7/status/1065289125505318913 … -
I made a meme about today's ruling on
#FGM: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/11/20/female-genital-mutilation-michigan/1991712002/ …pic.twitter.com/q2B2JOqqOd
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Accusations of
#witchcraft can happen to 'explain' why a girl has died during/after#FGM. Lucy Njomo uses her story to raise awareness, after her twin sister died as a result of FGM.#EndFGM
Watch her story > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAr4IbG30gw …
Read her story > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/said-twin-witch-deserved-die-britain-tackling-female-genital/ …pic.twitter.com/9zNk9wsJpe -
“The Narok county commissioner’s efforts to fight
#FGM 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@equalitynow's@MakandiGitonga#EndFGM#Kenya https://reut.rs/2Qog5hb by@nitabhalla
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