FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries

FGC in Asia:

• Inter Press Service, Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting in Asia Remain a Neglected Problem 
• FGC in Asia and the Middle East Map
• Newsweek, Report on Female Genital Mutilation in Dagestan Sparks Controversy in Russia
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Factbox: The hidden cut: female genital mutilation in Asia
• ESCAP, UNESCAP: Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights and violence against women
• United States Department of State, Courageous Alumna Speaks Out for Maldivian Women
• Inter Press Service, A Truly Global Effort is Needed to Eradicate FGM by 2030
• The Hindu, Activist push for end to female genital mutilation
• The Diplomat, Southeast Asia’s Hidden Female Genital Mutilation Challenge
• Arrow, Asia Network to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Consultation Report

FGC in Australia:

• Northern Institute’s Gender & Diversity Paper Series Volume 2, Community-sensitive approaches to addressing Female Genital Cutting: Learnings and lessons for the Northern Territory from a South Asian Muslim context.
• ABC News, Women Speak Out on Female Genital Mutilation in Australia
• ABC News, Genital mutilation convictions overturned after new evidence showing victims remain intact
• ABC News, High Court to hear appeal on female genital mutilation and prosecutors’ push for retrial
• The Sydney Morning Herald, High Court upholds NSW genital mutilation convictions

FGC in Canada:

• Prism, Canadian women harmed by genital mutilation find help in the U.S.
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Canada lifts silence on FGM
• Huffpost, It’s Time for Canada To Play Its Part In Ending Female Genital Mutilation
• Canadian Dimension, Female Genital Mutilation in Canada and the Limits to Criminalization 

FGC in Colombia:

• El Tiempo, Iniciativa que busca prohibir la mutilacion genital femenina esta a un solo debate en el Senado de convertirse en ley
• Columbia Reports, Female Circumcision Endangering Colombian Girls
• BBC, ‘Cut with a blade’: Colombia indigenous groups discuss FGM

FGC and COVID:

• GPB, Is the Pandemic Causing a Surge in Female Genital Mutilation

FGC in Egypt:

• 28 Too Many, Egypt: The Law and FGM

FGC and Islam:

• The Milli Gazette, Islam and female circumcision
• Free Malaysia Today, Muslim doctors against female circumcision
• Karamah, Debunking the Myth that Islam Requires Female Genital Circumcision
• Colombo Telegraph, Unmuting the Tabooed: FGM and Muslim Women’s Rights

FGC in Indonesia:

• Orchid Project, Increasing understanding of FGC in Indonesia: A field study by Islamic Relief Canada
• The New York Times Magazine, A Cutting Tradition
• Borgen Magazine, Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Indonesia
• UNFPA, Ending FGM/C through Education and Community Engagement

FGC in Iran:

• Fair Observer, Ending FGM in Iran Needs International Support
• The Guardian, Female Genital Mutilation practiced in Iran, study reveals
• FGM/C Research Initiative, The Changing Paradigms of FGM/C
• BBC, Russian clinic in row over female genital cutting

FGC in Iraq:

• UNFPA, Changing Perceptions to End a Harmful Tradition in Northern Iraq

FGC in Malaysia:

• FMT, Review fatwa on female circumcision, Putrajaya urged
• The Star, DPM maintains that female circumcision is part of Malaysian culture
• FMT, Stop female circumcision, it has no medical benefit, says women’s groups
• BMJ Journals, Female Genital Cutting in Malaysia: A mixed-methods study
• Al Jazeera, Malaysia’s anti-FGM advocates: Leave our bodies alone 
• WAO, Malaysian Public Attitudes and Perceptions towards Violence Against Women 

FGC in Oman:

• Stop FGM Middle East, FGM Study in Oman Shows High Prevalence All Over The Country

FGC in Pakistan:

• Charles Darwin University, ‘It is a Secret’: Narrations About Female Genital Cutting Among Pakistani Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Women
• Al Jazeera, ‘Something has been taken away’: Pakistan’s well-kept FGM secret
• Journal of International Women’s Studies, Lack of Data and Dialogue on Female Genital Mutilation in Pakistan
• Brown Girl Mag, Violated Hopes: My Struggle to Report on Female Genital Cutting in Pakistan
• Soch Writing, Why is it so difficult to talk about female genital cutting in Pakistan? 
• The Times of India, Pak former minister to initiate drive against female khatna in India and Pakistan

FGC in Philippines: 

• RIL Hub, Pag-Islam: An Exploratory Action Research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Practices in the Bangsamoro Region, Philippines

FGC in Russia:

• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Female circumcision in Moscow clinic sparks ‘complete shock’
• BBC, Russia Furore over FGM in mainly Muslim Dagestan
• Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Activists Call For Investigation Into Cases of Female Genital Mutilation, Saying It Would Be A First For Russia

FGC in Saudi Arabia:

• Global Citizen, New Study Showing Scale of FGM in Saudi Arabia Surprises Rights Activists

FGC in Singapore:

• Today, Local movement against female genital cutting turns to Ramadan bazaars to advocate its cause 
• Patheos, “A Tiny Cut”: Female Circumcision in South East Asia – An Overview of FGC in Malay community
• France 24, Ultra-modern Singapore’s dark secret: female genital mutilation

FGC in Sri Lanka:

• The Sun, Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka
• Inter Press Service, Sri Lank-Culture: Mothers Watch as Daughters are Circumcised 
• Stop FGM Middle East, Stop FGM Middle East: Sri Lanka
• GSDRC, Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights, and violence against women
• Srilanka two, Sri Lanka should criminalise the practice of female genital cut, activist tells CESCR 61
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Butter knife or sharp blade? Either way, FGM survivors in Sri Lanka want it to stop
• Reuters, Female circumcision in Sri Lanka is ‘just a nick’, not mutilation: supporters
• Reuters, Lawyers and activists urge Sri Lanka to ban genital cutting
• Sri Lanka Brief, FGM/FGC Victims speak out
• Al Jazeera, FGM in Sri Lanka: It’s never ‘just a nick’
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sri Lankan Islamic Centre condemns ban on female circumcision as ‘affront’
• FPA Sri Lanka, Towards Understanding Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka

FGC in the United Kingdom:

• Gov.UK, UK Serious Crime Act 2015 Legislation – FGM Fact Sheet
• NSPCC, Female Genital Mutilation: Legislation, policy, and guidance
• International Business Times, Dawoodi Bohras in London Told to Stop Female Circumcision
• Sky News, Calls For Compulsory School Teaching Of FGM
• Gov.UK, UK Home Office Multi-agency statutory guidance on FGM
• Huffpost, The Female Genital Mutilation Survivors Teaches Victims How To Enjoy Sex
• BBC, Vagina surgery ‘sought by girls as young as nine’
• Emerald Insight, Perception and barriers: reporting female genital mutilation