FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION RESOURCES
These are Female Genital Mutilation Resources.
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ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
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New York victims of genital mutilation lead the cry against the practice in the U.S.
Daily News, March 07, 2013
2 Million Girls a Year Mutilated
An article from UNICEF, 1996
Canyon Country Residents Arrested on Federal Charges of Conspiring to Perform Female Genital Mutilation
Press release from Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney, Central District of California, January 9, 2004
Couple Charged With Genital Mutilation of Girl, 13
The Toronto Star, February 14, 2002
Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1995
Text of the law prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation in the U.S.
Female Circumcision Clampdown Call
BBC News, November 22, 2000
Female 'Circumcision by Words' Gains Ground
BBC News, July 10, 1998
Female Circumcision Outlawed in Senegal
CNN, January 15, 1999
Female Genital Mutilation
Policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, July 1998
Female Genital Mutilation
A fact sheet from the World Health Organization, June 2000
Female Genital Mutilation
A fact sheet about and history of female genital mutilation, from DateHookUp.com
Female Genital Mutilation & Political Asylum
Information from Amensty International, 1998
Genital-Verstümmelungen von Madchen und Frauen
FGM report from the German branch of UNICEF, contains information and links to other German-language articles and resources
Ghana Woman Sentenced in Circumcisions
The Associated Press, January 27, 2004
Legislation Against Female Genital Mutilation
Federal, state, and international legislation against Female Genital Mutilation, by state and country
Prisoners Of Ritual: Contemporary Developments In The History Of Female Genital Mutilation
Report presented at at the Second International Symposium on Circumcision, 1991
Safe Haven Opens for Women in Kenya
The Associated Press, April 9, 2002
SJC: Foreign Nationals' Parental Rights Can Be Ended
The Associated Press, May 4, 2002
Thousands of Girls Reportedly Circumcised Each Day
Reuters Health, March 8, 2002
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Amnesty International
International Secretariat
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 8DJ, U.K.
Phone: (20) 7814 6200
www.amnesty.org
The Campaign to Stop Female Genital Mutilation
P.O. Box 20646
Columbus Circle Station
New York, NY 10023
www.equalitynow.org/english/fgm/fgm-campaign_en.html
A Campaign of Equality Now
Commission Pour L'Abolition Des Mutilation Sexuelles
6 Place St.-Germain-des-Pres
75006 Paris, France
Phone: 01 45 49 04 00
www.cams-fgm.org
Female Genital Cutting Networking and Education Project
Post Office Box 46715
Tampa, FL 33647-6715
www.fgmnetwork.org
Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of
Women and Children
P.O. Box 3001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: 01-51-57-93
www.iac-ciaf.ch
Promotion of Initiatives to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5
65726 Eschborn
Germany
Phone: 06196 79-0
www.gtz.de/fgm/
Website information available in German, English, and French.
Research/Action/Information Network for Bodily Integrity for Women (RAINBO)
915 Broadway, Suite 1109
New York, NY 10010-7108
Phone: (212) 477-3318
www.rainbo.org
