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61. U.S. Court's dismissal of FGM/C charge in Michigan case is disappointing, but does not condone genital cuttin
(News & Blog)
... will most likely still continue just as other forms of gender-based violence such as domestic violence and sexual assault unfortunately continue despite the presence of laws against them. FGC also continues ...
Created on 21 November 2018
62. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 6: Effects of FGM/C on the Lower Urinary Tract System
(News & Blog)
... local infection, tetanus, sepsis, hematometra, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, obstructed labor, severe obstetric lacerations, fistulas, and even death. While the psychological, sexual, and obstetric consequences ...
Created on 26 October 2018
63. Why Won’t Massachusetts Pass A Law Against Female Genital Cutting?
(News & Blog)
... is a form of violence. There are laws against domestic violence and sexual assault. We need a law against FGM/C as well. Read more: Sign Ban FGM in Massachusetts Change.org Petition Learn ...
Created on 06 August 2018
64. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 3: The Body and the Brain
(News & Blog)
... the bloodstream, in enormous amounts, when the freeze response is triggered. This can happen to people in car accidents, to sexual assault survivors and to people who are robbed at gunpoint. Sometimes ...
Created on 22 May 2018
65. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 2: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(News & Blog)
... when the stressor has been of human design, such as in a violent personal/sexual assault (as in rape, torture, or Female Genital Cutting). These symptoms, which recreate the physical reliving of the trauma, ...
Created on 26 March 2018
66. White House Press Release Falsely links Gender Violence (and FGC) to Foreign Nationals
(News & Blog)
... lifetime.” Factually, there is no continent on which there hasn’t been some form of sexual harassment or assault, including Antarctica. If you want some stats on the issue, ...
Created on 21 February 2018
67. Sahiyo Activist Needs Assessment: Learning How To Support FGC Activists
(News & Blog)
... does FGC have long-term physical and psychological health impacts, but that it is also a form of child sexual assault and/or abuse given the lack of consent. Furthermore, activists acknowledge that FGC’s ...
Created on 07 February 2018
68. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
... to recognizing that the problem is a reality for many communities. We know that FGM/C is rooted in controlling female sexuality and is a form of gender violence.  It cuts across geography, socioeconomic ...
Created on 12 July 2017
69. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
(News & Blog)
... needed” to prevent them from becoming “hyper-sexual”.  We commend Dar Al Hijrah on their response to these remarks condemning FGM/C.   To further clarify, FGM/C is the same as female circumcision.  When ...
Created on 08 June 2017
70. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... Drums, Lose the Knife We Speak Out Sambhaavnaa Sanctuary for Families Jane Doe Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence  ...
Created on 02 January 2017
71. Volunteer With Us
(Get Involved)
... your Experience with FGM/C” Volunteer Jumai Olumo assisted in an FGC 101 presentation at the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault State Conference.  ...
Created on 26 January 2016
72. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... FGM. “It is like a sexual assault”, says Areefa Johari who has spoken out publicly as a victim of FGM/C. There is also the fear of being expelled from the community. The Dawoodi Bohra, a small well-to-do ...
Created on 25 January 2016
73. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... such as to control a woman’s sexuality by reducing her ability to obtain sexual fulfillment, which helps maintain the purity of a woman by keeping her a virgin until marriage, and faithful to her husband ...
Created on 11 January 2016
74. illinois coalition against sexual assault conference
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illinois coalition against sexual assault conference
Created on 30 July 2024
75. Sexual Assault
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Sexual Assault
Created on 22 May 2023
76. Reflecting on the FGC 101 Training at the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault Conference
(Article tagged with: illinois coalition against sexual assault conference)
By: Jumai Olumo-Saidu Attending and presenting at the annual Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) conference in Springfield, Illinois, was a transformative experience. As a volunteer at ...
Created on 30 July 2024
77. Reflecting on the FGC 101 Training at the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault Conference
(Article tagged with: Sexual Assault)
By: Jumai Olumo-Saidu Attending and presenting at the annual Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) conference in Springfield, Illinois, was a transformative experience. As a volunteer at ...
Created on 30 July 2024