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Attempts to present the practice from a variety of perspectives and serve as a networking resource for organizations doing work related to FGM.




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UNICEF and the Medicalization of FGM : Documentation of the medicalization of female genital mutilation in Kenya.
Stop Genital Mutilations : A Suggestion - An article: The beginning of a suggestion that could very well stop genital mutilations, or at least cause a reduction.
Project IDIL : Instruments to Develop the Integrity of Lasses - IDIL is a Daphne Programme project 2001/2003. The project is aimed at defining and experimenting strategies to prevent FGM among immigrant communities/families in Europe.
NPR : Atlanta Female Circumcision Case Stirs Concern : The arrest of an Ethiopian citizen in Atlanta, Ga., raises concerns that female circumcision -- a form of genital mutilation common in some African nations -- is being performed on young women in the United States. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports. 5.5 minutes radio segment via Realplayer. (March 12, 2004)
Rainbo Homepage : While contributing to the advancement of the field in general, we are currently focusing our work on the issue of Female Genital Mutilation to assert women's rights to their bodily integrity.
Tostan : An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting.
The Zero : Listings of national and international agencies, articles, organizations and web sites to find help for and information about female genital mutilation and female circumcision practices worldwide.
Female Genital Mutilation and Human Rights : An essay, by Lisa Donaldson, discussing this practice in the 21st century.
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein : Articles by one of the leading authors and researchers on FGM.
NPWJ Stop Female Genital Mutilation Campaign : International campaign to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation.


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