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 Kerala:

• • Equality Now, Understanding Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Community Perspectives and Pathways to Change in Kerala

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