Pregnant Schoolgirls drop out of class: A Kenyan girl left to study on her own after all her friends dropped out of school due to pregnancy.
More than 130 million women have been circumcised so far: " An estimated 130 million women have undergone female circumcision. The procedure is typically performed in unsanitary conditions and often results in infections and fistula, an open wound that can develop in victims of FGM between the vagina and the anus after a failed childbirth."
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Sunday, 6 September 2009
Monday, 2 March 2009
FGM Links for 03.03.09
Female Genital Mutilation is to be banned in Uganda writes the UG Pulse:
The Uganda Law Reform Commission is drafting a bill to criminalize Female Genital Mutilation also known as female circumcision.
Officials of the Uganda Human Rights Commission told journalists at Parliament today that UHRC carried out research on the cultural practice in Kapchorwa, Bukwo and Moroto districts and found that it violates human rights.
They say FGM is one of the practices that violate human rights and they made recommendations concerning the practice to the government.
Women's Health in Sierra Leone is very poor.
The Lawyers Center for Legal Assistance (LAWCLA) has raised serious concern over the poor health conditions of women in Sierra Leone. Lawyer Melron Nicol-Wilson maintained that female circumcision is normally performed by non-professionals, with procedures mainly performed with non-sterilized instruments which may result in the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases especially in the rural areas.
"The process has no health benefits and can be associated with psychological and physical harm. It can lead to death and sexual and reproductive malfunction. Sierra Leone has not passed any law prohibiting the practice. Instead paramount chiefs throughout the country are issuing legal licenses for the circumcisers to continue their practice", he pointed out.
He further stated that Sierra Leone has a maternal mortality rate of 1,800 per 100,000 live births.
The Uganda Law Reform Commission is drafting a bill to criminalize Female Genital Mutilation also known as female circumcision.
Officials of the Uganda Human Rights Commission told journalists at Parliament today that UHRC carried out research on the cultural practice in Kapchorwa, Bukwo and Moroto districts and found that it violates human rights.
They say FGM is one of the practices that violate human rights and they made recommendations concerning the practice to the government.
Women's Health in Sierra Leone is very poor.
The Lawyers Center for Legal Assistance (LAWCLA) has raised serious concern over the poor health conditions of women in Sierra Leone. Lawyer Melron Nicol-Wilson maintained that female circumcision is normally performed by non-professionals, with procedures mainly performed with non-sterilized instruments which may result in the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases especially in the rural areas.
"The process has no health benefits and can be associated with psychological and physical harm. It can lead to death and sexual and reproductive malfunction. Sierra Leone has not passed any law prohibiting the practice. Instead paramount chiefs throughout the country are issuing legal licenses for the circumcisers to continue their practice", he pointed out.
He further stated that Sierra Leone has a maternal mortality rate of 1,800 per 100,000 live births.
Monday, 16 February 2009
FGM Links for 16.02.09
Portugal has a high risk of female circumcision
The World Health Organisation has classified Portugal as ‘high risk’ for practice of female genital mutilation due to the large number of immigrants from countries like Guinea-Bissau where the custom is widespread, an expert said this week.
Is the War against female genital mutilation winnable asks Cocorioko?
Sierra Leone is a signatory to numerous international treaties and conventions condemning physical torture, discrimination and harmful traditional practices. But our laws are silent on this FGM thing. One thing we are to know is that no amount of awareness raising sensitization will suffice to end the practice held so defensively by majority of the people, in the absence of laws prohibiting it.
Journalists forced to strip after being attacked by women's group
Four female journalists were attacked by a pro-female genital mutilation (FGM) group on Monday and forced to stip naked and walk through the centre of Kenema, a town in the eastern part of the country. The four women were accused of reporting on an anti-FGM campaign last Friday, which marked the international day of tolerance for zero circumcision.
The World Health Organisation has classified Portugal as ‘high risk’ for practice of female genital mutilation due to the large number of immigrants from countries like Guinea-Bissau where the custom is widespread, an expert said this week.
Is the War against female genital mutilation winnable asks Cocorioko?
Sierra Leone is a signatory to numerous international treaties and conventions condemning physical torture, discrimination and harmful traditional practices. But our laws are silent on this FGM thing. One thing we are to know is that no amount of awareness raising sensitization will suffice to end the practice held so defensively by majority of the people, in the absence of laws prohibiting it.
Journalists forced to strip after being attacked by women's group
Four female journalists were attacked by a pro-female genital mutilation (FGM) group on Monday and forced to stip naked and walk through the centre of Kenema, a town in the eastern part of the country. The four women were accused of reporting on an anti-FGM campaign last Friday, which marked the international day of tolerance for zero circumcision.
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