female genital mutilation
Nurse-midwife Edna Adan Ismail, opponent of female genital mutilation, wins Templeton Prize
By Kathryn Post — May 16, 2023
(RNS) — She is the first African woman to receive the prize, which is valued at 1.1 million British pounds (over $1.3 million).
Pope calls female genital mutilation a crime that must stop
By Nicole Winfield — November 7, 2022
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Asked about unrest in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by morality police, Francis instead denounced women's status as second-class citizens or worse in many cultures.
In Somaliland, COVID brings ‘cutters’ door to door for girls
By Cara Anna — February 28, 2022
HARGEISA, Somalia (AP) — Experts say instances of FGM rose alarmingly during the pandemic in Somaliland and other parts of Africa as lockdowns kept girls out of school.
Pope decries genital mutilation, sex trafficking of women
By Frances D'emilio — February 7, 2022
VATICAN CITY (AP) — In remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square, the pope noted that the day was dedicated worldwide to ending the ritual mutilation.
Judge dismisses charges tied to genital mutilation case
By Ed White — September 29, 2021
DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed a new batch of charges Tuesday in the government’s investigation of genital mutilation against girls in a Muslim sect, saying prosecutors in Detroit retaliated after major courtroom losses. It’s another blow for the government, which broke new ground in 2017 when it charged a Detroit-area doctor with performing genital […]
Houston woman faces historic indictment over female genital cutting
By Aysha Khan — January 14, 2021
(RNS) — The indictment alleges Zahra Badri knowingly transported a minor from the U.S. for the purpose of female genital cutting in 2016.
As Massachusetts bans female genital cutting, survivors and activists celebrate
By Aysha Khan — August 7, 2020
(RNS) — After seven years of advocacy by survivors and activists in the state, Massachusetts is now one of 39 states in the U.S. that has criminalized female genital mutilation and cutting.
Somali sheikh leads a seven-year campaign to end female genital mutilation
By Doreen Ajiambo — February 27, 2019
MOGADISHU, Somalia (RNS) — With sermons and through local media, Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan has made it his mission to convince parents and girls in his country that FGM is a cultural practice, not a religious one.
Turning her Baha’i faith into precedent, lawyer helps women gain asylum
By Cathleen Falsani — October 2, 2018
(RNS) — Layli Miller-Muro was spurred by her third-generation Baha'i faith to become an advocate for immigrant women fleeing gender-based violence.
Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 8, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Muslim scholars emphasized that FGM is a cultural — not a religious — practice, and one that goes against Islamic teaching.
Beware of criminalizing physicians and parents for their religious traditions
By Aasim Padela — July 21, 2017
CHICAGO/ANN ARBOR, Mich (RNS) — We agree that FGM should disappear immediately. We only ask that all sides of this complex and difficult issue be heard.
Michigan doctor to stay in jail in genital mutilation case
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 19, 2017
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls from a Muslim sect will remain in jail while she awaits trial after a judge on Wednesday expressed concern that she might try to flee the country.
In Kenya, a pastor fights female genital mutilation with the gospel
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 6, 2017
ISINYA, Kenya (RNS) On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the U.N.-sponsored awareness day, a Presbyterian pastor visited a rescue center for girls escaping the tribal procedure.
Outside Paris, a clinic aims to tackle an age-old practice
By Lauren Markoe — August 25, 2016
ST.-DENIS, France (RNS) A mother, cut as a child, seeks help to make sure her own daughter doesn't suffer the same fate.
A Muslim sex therapist tells all
By Yonat Shimron — May 11, 2016
PARIS (RNS) The midwife and mother of two is challenging conservative Muslim conventions, not to mention stereotypes about Islam.
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