tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post1565418352081409954..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: One of the most common human rights abuses is the grotesque sexual torture of girls for religion and traditionPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-3830383017960555492016-06-12T13:35:56.075-07:002016-06-12T13:35:56.075-07:00More than 1200 FGM cases recorded across England i...More than 1200 FGM cases recorded across England in three months<br /><br />The Royal College of Midwives calls on health workers to be vigilant as official figures are released<br /><br />Press Association June 9, 2016 The Guardian<br /><br />Midwives have called for renewed efforts to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) after more than 1,200 cases were recorded across England in just Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-30055259145693221312016-06-12T13:31:54.747-07:002016-06-12T13:31:54.747-07:00Sky News urged to drop footage of girl undergoing ...Sky News urged to drop footage of girl undergoing FGM<br /><br />Activist says film from Somalia shows young girl being held down and cut while people look on<br /><br />by Mary Carson, Jessica Elgot and Mark Sweney, The Guardian June 6, 2016<br /><br />Activists against female genital mutilation have urged Sky News to drop a segment which they say will show a girl as she undergoes the cutting Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-2823273095678113972016-03-28T11:18:09.028-07:002016-03-28T11:18:09.028-07:00Ali added that she was proud of the women who were...Ali added that she was proud of the women who were taking a stand against it.<br /><br />FGM - 'a form of abuse'<br />Tasneem, who didn't want to disclose her full name for fear of retribution in the community, was also cut at the age of seven. She too was lured by the promise of ice-cream.<br /><br />"I realised that Khatna is not in the Quran. Why put girls through torture in Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-17684522296152200572016-03-28T11:18:00.285-07:002016-03-28T11:18:00.285-07:00Fighting female genital mutilation among India'...Fighting female genital mutilation among India's Bohra<br /><br />FGM: girl-children of Dawoodi Bohra sect are the only Muslim women in India systematically and forcefully mutilated.<br /><br />by Sophie Cousins | Al Jazeera March 7, 2016 <br /><br />Mumbai, India - About 40 years ago at the age of seven, Masooma Ranalvi was lured to a dark alley in a decrepit-looking building by her Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-30368625464705659022016-03-17T15:24:55.172-07:002016-03-17T15:24:55.172-07:00Female genital mutilation should be legal in its m...Female genital mutilation should be legal in its mildest forms: gynecologists<br /><br />Compromising slightly on the issue will prevent more serious disfigurement, U.S. doctors say<br /><br />Thomson Reuters Posted: Feb 22, 2016<br /><br />Countries that have banned female genital mutilation should allow less invasive practices such as small surgical nicks to girls' genitalia as a compromisePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-78086579487714098412016-03-17T15:23:51.583-07:002016-03-17T15:23:51.583-07:00Nigerian mom of triplets flees to Winnipeg to avoi...Nigerian mom of triplets flees to Winnipeg to avoid female genital mutilation<br /><br />Lawyer Bashir Khan helps mother secure refugee status in Canada<br /><br />CBC News January 12, 2016<br /><br />A mom is now in Winnipeg after fleeing Nigeria to prevent her daughters from undergoing female genital mutilation.<br /><br />FGM, sometimes known as female circumcision, involves removing all or Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-49784516463734276202016-02-15T10:32:49.126-08:002016-02-15T10:32:49.126-08:00Things are coming along well for her. She has indi...Things are coming along well for her. She has indicated that if the Prime Minister does move forward with taking a leadership role in changing the law that she would like to meet with him and thank him in person. I think that she's doing well.<br /><br />AL: So, what's at stake for the women of Pakistan, and the country as a whole if this continues?<br /><br />SHARMEEN OBAID-CHINOY: Well,Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-79451922237207725712016-02-15T10:32:41.187-08:002016-02-15T10:32:41.187-08:00He wanted so much for Saba to fight the case. He c...He wanted so much for Saba to fight the case. He counseled her for a very long time and in the film he says look at the kind of message that Saba would send out, look at the kind of message that will go out to the community and to society, that it is okay to kill a woman and you will walk free if you do that. So, the police find it very frustrating that these loopholes exist in the law and I Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-8785041989199378272016-02-15T10:31:06.006-08:002016-02-15T10:31:06.006-08:00SHARMEEN OBAID-CHINOY: And he says that he's g...SHARMEEN OBAID-CHINOY: And he says that he's gotten more honourable. He's gotten a better stature in society because now people look at him as a sort of a hero. That is why sending people to jail is the first step in making sure we curb honour killings.<br /><br />AL: And in the end even her own husband was pushing her to compromise, to forgive. What was that like for Saba?<br /><br />Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-69063749695872184572016-02-15T10:28:53.245-08:002016-02-15T10:28:53.245-08:00... brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts so this doesn...... brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts so this doesn't happen again. They should be shot in public in an open market so that such a thing never happens again. With God's will, I'm going to fight this case. With His blessing, I will move forward.<br /><br />SHARMEEN OBAID-CHINOY: You know, initially Saba was determined to fight the case. She has an excellent pro bono lawyer, she went to Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-79676017822917609002016-02-15T10:27:09.169-08:002016-02-15T10:27:09.169-08:00Instead of taking her to the house, they took her ...Instead of taking her to the house, they took her to the forest where it was very dark at night and they had a gun which they pointed at her after beating her almost unconscious. And then they pulled the trigger, but because they were amateurs, they almost missed because she moved her face. Then she was tied in a gunny bag and thrown in the river. Miraculously, the water woke her up and she Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-36026806204113099132016-02-15T10:24:47.424-08:002016-02-15T10:24:47.424-08:00Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy fights to end honour killing...Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy fights to end honour killings with her film A Girl in the River<br /><br />CBC Radio, The Current February 12, 2016<br /><br />Left for dead by her own uncle, and father, Saba Qaiser was the intended victim of a so-called honour killing. But she survived to tell her tale.<br /><br />Honour killings remain a shockingly common occurrence in Pakistan today. And Oscar Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-18422870803160747572016-02-05T15:47:24.308-08:002016-02-05T15:47:24.308-08:00More young women are starting to speak out against...More young women are starting to speak out against the practice. Effie, a 20-year-old Malay-Muslim, told the Guardian she felt a creeping sense of horror as she read about genital mutilation on the internet, with the realisation the procedure she saw described as a backwards cultural practice had in fact been done to her when she was too young to realise.<br /><br />“When I was growing up, aroundPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-17311443039481230322016-02-05T15:47:15.757-08:002016-02-05T15:47:15.757-08:00FGM number of victims found to be 70 million highe...FGM number of victims found to be 70 million higher than thought<br /><br />Half of girls and women cut live in just three countries as Unicef statistics reveal shocking global scale of barbaric ritual<br /><br />by Jessica Elgot, The Guardian February , 2016<br /><br />The huge global scale of female genital mutilation has been revealed in disturbing new statistics, which show at least 200 Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-16246950592093484892015-08-10T12:55:58.294-07:002015-08-10T12:55:58.294-07:00The State Department can help to transport a citiz...The State Department can help to transport a citizen back to the U.S. but, in order to prevent criminal activity, they would have to pull from local law enforcement resources. In many of the countries where FGM is practiced, however, law enforcement is “extremely lax” or “even non-existent,” according to an online State Department resource.<br /><br />The State Department official emphasized thatPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-61480369723213713042015-08-10T12:55:50.309-07:002015-08-10T12:55:50.309-07:00A country like Somalia has an even higher prevalen...A country like Somalia has an even higher prevalence with no legal protections. If the anonymous Redditor does get taken there for FGM, she will face a dire situation. In Somalia, FGM is performed on 98 percent of women between 15 and 49. Somalia has no U.S. Embassy and the State Department advises citizens to “avoid all travel” to the country. The country’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Human Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-31803966390564279152015-08-10T12:54:42.417-07:002015-08-10T12:54:42.417-07:00Dad Is Taking Us to Africa
Reddit’s FGM Scare
b...Dad Is Taking Us to Africa <br /><br />Reddit’s FGM Scare<br /><br />by Samantha Allen, Daily Beast August 10, 2015<br /><br />In a desperate Reddit post, a 16-year-old girl expressed her fear of ‘vacation cutting’—transportation out of the U.S. to receive female genital mutilation.<br />A few days ago, a haunting post appeared on one of Reddit’s most popular forums for women. The title: “Dad isPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-74021621381163661072015-04-05T15:46:06.643-07:002015-04-05T15:46:06.643-07:00The fatwa poses a dilemma for medical professional...The fatwa poses a dilemma for medical professionals caught between their unwillingness to violate WHO guidelines, and parents who feel pressure to have their daughters cut.<br /><br />But Shameem says doctors can play a big part in the transition to eradicating the behaviour.<br /><br />"We don't have as much influence and control over traditional practitioners as doctors, so if you'Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-53875474059289453792015-04-05T15:45:57.060-07:002015-04-05T15:45:57.060-07:00Off the radar
Dr Umasa says she performs anywhere...Off the radar<br /><br />Dr Umasa says she performs anywhere between 10 and 20 procedures a month, and the figure is rising as women increasingly give birth in hospitals.<br /><br />The practice of female genital cutting in southern Thailand is virtually undocumented, and the prevalence is unknown as there is no reliable data available. But Dr Umasa believes it is universally prevalent.<br /><br Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-54369089337975002812015-04-05T15:44:45.918-07:002015-04-05T15:44:45.918-07:00Female genital cutting in Thailands south
FGM is ...Female genital cutting in Thailands south<br /><br />FGM is a rising cultural practice in southern Thailand and, with little regulation, concerns are at an all-time high.<br /><br />by Gabrielle Paluch | Al Jazeera April 2, 2015<br /><br />Yala, Thailand - "Just a little," Dr Patimoh Umasa says, pinching the tip of her finger showing how she cuts the clitorises of small girls.<br /Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-58067721198882583362015-02-07T15:33:40.339-08:002015-02-07T15:33:40.339-08:00The CDC was set to release a report of its own on ...The CDC was set to release a report of its own on Friday—the 12th annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM—but at the last minute delayed the publishing indefinitely, saying the numbers were not yet finalized. According to The Guardian, the PRB figure is corroborated almost exactly in the draft of the CDC’s report.<br /><br />The people most in the know—local teachers and healthcare Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-50023047680723134502015-02-07T15:33:30.636-08:002015-02-07T15:33:30.636-08:00The US Female Genital Mutilation Crisis
by Nina S...The US Female Genital Mutilation Crisis<br /><br />by Nina Strochlic, The Daily Beast February 6, 2015<br /><br />Estimates released today show more than half a million girls living in America have been cut or are at risk of being cut—more than triple the figure from the first nationwide count.<br />Since the practice of female genital mutilation was outlawed by the United States in 1996, thePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-90593992115522710122014-07-22T10:55:56.602-07:002014-07-22T10:55:56.602-07:00James Brokenshire, the immigration and security mi...James Brokenshire, the immigration and security minister, said border police were well-placed to gather intelligence on possible perpetrators and prevent FGM from being carried out.<br /><br />"The school summer holidays are a time of particular risk for many girls," he said. "Which is why we have teams of specially trained officers at major airports with the skills to identify andPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-38263228811558793782014-07-22T10:55:48.112-07:002014-07-22T10:55:48.112-07:00Earlier this year the then education secretary Mic...Earlier this year the then education secretary Michael Gove, agreed to write to headteachers about the dangers of FGM after 250,000 people joined a campaign backed by the Guardian and change.org in the runup to the summer holidays when many girls are sent away to be cut.<br /><br />Efua Dorkenoo of Equality Now said the government had made positive steps but professionals needed clear guidance toPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-34468873672778452162014-07-22T10:54:43.488-07:002014-07-22T10:54:43.488-07:00Parents who allow female genital mutilation will b...Parents who allow female genital mutilation will be prosecuted<br /><br />Cameron pledges tougher law as study reveals 137,000 girls and women in England and Wales have been mutilated<br /><br />by Alexandra Topping, Sandra Laville and Rowena Mason, The Guardian July 22, 2014<br /><br />Parents will be prosecuted if they fail to prevent their daughter being cut, and all victims of female Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com