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81. White House Press Release Falsely links Gender Violence (and FGC) to Foreign Nationals
(News & Blog)
... foreign-born women and girls and their children in the United States had the same rates of FGM/C as the countries in which the girls or their mothers had been born.” To put it in perspective, the statement ...
Created on 21 February 2018
82. The unsolved riddle: conversations with survivors (Part 2)
(News & Blog)
... After a few conversations, she made peace with it,” Amber went on. “My daughter will never blame me because I took her consent. Mothers who do it without their daughter’s consent are wrong, in my opinion. ...
Created on 06 January 2018
83. FGC in Sri Lanka
(News & Blog)
 Sri Lank-Culture: Mothers Watch as Daughters are Circumcised   Stop FGM Middle East: Sri Lank  Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights, and violence ...
Created on 04 December 2017
84. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... genital mutilation FGC in Sri Lanka: Sri Lank-Culture: Mothers Watch as Daughters are Circumcised  Stop FGM Middle East: Sri Lank Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: ...
Created on 04 December 2017
85. Why doctors need to speak out against female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... lasting pain; many have been unable to forget the mental trauma of being betrayed by their mothers, held down and abused; some have had to seek therapy to be able to get intimate with their partners and ...
Created on 11 July 2017
86. To cut or not to cut? Let our daughters grow up and decide
(News & Blog)
... sex, but it has changed my outlook towards our mothers who told us that anyone who touched us forcefully was wrong, especially in our private areas, but then they, themselves, took us to an unknown woman, ...
Created on 29 May 2017
87. We must find culturally sensitive methods to end FGC and protect girls from further trauma
(News & Blog)
... particularly traumatized. Additionally, carrying out a witch hunt on all the mothers, possibly separating the girls from their parents, and asking for a ‘permanent termination’ of rights to parenting, ...
Created on 08 May 2017
88. Female Genital Cutting: Religion has nothing to do with it
(News & Blog)
... I now live in the United States and see that this practice still lives on, whether it’s against the law or not, and it hurts me knowing that it is still easy to find a cutter, that mothers of my generation ...
Created on 05 May 2017
89. Let us not vilify the Detroit doctor as we work to end Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... her to do otherwise.   So by villainizing her, punishing her – you may scare some other doctors from conducting the practice. You may deter some other mothers from having their children undergo the procedure. ...
Created on 24 April 2017
90. Mothers
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Mothers
Created on 12 June 2021
91. The Good Mother
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
... cause of all evil. Even the rapes.’ I was shocked, stunned, enraged. But how is this any different from the absurd idea of me being unclean during my periods? These are beliefs that mothers maintain ...
Created on 19 December 2015
92. To cut or not to cut? Let our daughters grow up and decide
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
... sex, but it has changed my outlook towards our mothers who told us that anyone who touched us forcefully was wrong, especially in our private areas, but then they, themselves, took us to an unknown woman, ...
Created on 29 May 2017
93. To each his own! A perspective on Female Genital Cutting by a Kuwaiti Bohra
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
By Anonymous Age: 29 Country: Kuwait I was 7 years old when Khatna happened during my summer vacation to India. I am sure my mother must have looked for other avenues to have khatna done on me in Kuwait ...
Created on 02 February 2018
94. When I found out my friend had undergone female genital mutilation
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
By Amy Vaya Country of Residence: Bahrain The first time I ever heard about female genital mutilation (FGM), I was 20 years old. A friend told me about a book she had read called ‘Desert Flower,’ by ...
Created on 07 May 2019
95. महिला जननांग विकृति के प्रति एक माँ का बहादुर फैसला
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
(यह लेख पहली बार 23 मई 2017 को अंग्रेजी में साहियो द्वारा प्रकाशित हुआ था. Read the English version here and the Gujarati translation here.) लेखक: अज्ञात  उम्र: 30 देश: यूनाइटेड स्टेट्स खतना शब्द ...
Created on 23 May 2017
96. मेरी अनुमति के बिना मेरे सबसे गुप्त अंगों को काटा गया
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
(This article was originally published in English on November 5, 2016. Read the English version here.) उम्र: 64 देश: संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका महिला जननांग विकृति या FGM के खिलाफ खड़े होने का समय आ गया ...
Created on 05 November 2016
97. ખત્ના કરાવવી કે નહીં? આપણી દીકરીઓને મોટી થવા દો અને જાતે નિર્ણય લેવા દો
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
લેખિકા : ઈન્સિયા વય : ૩૪ વર્ષ શહેર : મુંબઈ, ભારત હું એક જાણીતા અને સુશિક્ષિત પરિવારની સભ્ય હોવાથી મને હંમેશા કશુંક જુદું વિચારવાની તક મારા કુટુંબે આપી છે. અમારી કોમના નિયમોને ધ્યાનમાં લીધાં વિના, મારા ...
Created on 05 December 2017
98. ખત્ના: એક માતાની વ્યથા અને એક પુત્રની દુષ્કર્મનો બદલો લેવા માટેની શોધ
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
લેખક : અનામી વય ૩૧ વર્ષ દેશ : અમેરિકા મારી માતા ખુદાના બંદા અને દ્રઢ ધાર્મિક માન્યતા વાળા છે. દાઉદી બોહરા સમુદાયના જન્મજાત ધર્મગુરુને માનવાવાળો, તેમણે કદી પણ તેનો હિસ્સો બની રહેવાથી ક્યારેય આનાકાની ...
Created on 28 November 2017
99. ફીમેલ જેનિટલ કટિંગ વિષે એક માંનો સાહસિક નિર્ણય
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
આ આર્ટિકલ પહેલા સહિયો દ્વારા તારીખ 23 મે 2017ના રોજ અંગ્રેજીમાં પ્રકાશિતકરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. Read the English version here and the Hindi translation here.) લેખક: અનામી ઉંમર : 30 દેશ : અમેરિકા જ્યારે ...
Created on 23 May 2017
100. મારા પર ખતનાની પ્રક્રિયા કરવામાં આવી હતી પરંતુ, મેં મારી દીકરી પર આ પ્રક્રિયા કરવા દીધી નહિં
(Article tagged with: Mothers)
આ આર્ટિકલ પહેલા સહિયો દ્વારા તારીખ 04 એપ્રિલ 2017ના રોજ અંગ્રેજીમાં પ્રકાશિત કરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. Read the English version here. લેખક : અનામી વર્તમાન રહેવાસી સ્થળ : અમેરિકા જન્મ સ્થળ : ભારત ઉંમર : ...
Created on 27 February 2018
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