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Growing medicalisation of female circumcision in Asia sparks risk warnings from human rights advocates
In parts of Asia, the practice of female circumcision—also known as female genital mutilation (FGM)—is increasingly being carried out by health professionals such as doctors and trained midwives ...
Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 was this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In commemoration of the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization ...
Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...
U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done despite opposition from advocates who ...
Ten years ago at the United Nations General Assembly, all world leaders promised to eliminate the practice of female genital mutilation/ cutting by 2030. But instead of declining, the number of girls ...
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