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    Legislating change? Responses to criminalizing female genital cutting in Senegal

    Law and Society Association, 2013
    There are divergent views on the potential effects of legislation as an important reform strategy for ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). While supporters argue that legal prohibition of FGC has a general deterrent effect, others contest legislation can be perceived as coercive, and derail local efforts to end the practice.
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    Prohibition of female genital mutilation (FGM): international, regional and African countries

    The African Child Policy Forum, 2013
    Which African nations have prohibited female genital mutilation (FGM), and which international laws protect women and girls from this harmful practice? This publication contains a compilation of the international and regional instruments prohibiting FGM, and also specifies the laws in African countries in relation to the practice, indicating the legal status of FGM in each nation.
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    Female genital cutting

    Tostan, 2014
    Female genital cutting (FGC) is a deeply-rooted social norm enforced by community expectations around marriageability. Girls who are not cut are often ostracised by their communities. Tostan is an African-based organisation empowering rural communities to achieve sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.
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    Curbing the surge of female genital mutilation

    Bangladesh Sociology Society, 2014
    Given the extensive physical, emotional, mental and sexual traumas resulting from female genital mutilation (FGM), this article argues for classifying the practice as torture in order to strengthen the law against it, and bring perpetrators to justice.
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    What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?

    Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, 2008
    Due, in part, to the increased emigration from Africa in recent decades, female genital mutilation (FGM) has become a global problem. One of the challenges that this rapid increase of migrant Africans poses for the UK government is the need for proactive strategies to address harmful cultural practices such as FGM.
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    Harmful traditional practices affecting women & girls

    Gender and Development Network, 2013
    Harmful traditional practices are particular forms of violence against women and girls which are defended on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. They include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), early and forced marriage, crimes committed in the name of honour, dowry-related violence, and son preference.
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    Action to achieve commitments in UNGA Resolution 67/146: intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations – moving forward statement

    Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, 2013
    The challenge of eliminating female genital mutilations remains enormous. Yet, with the progress and increased commitment over the last decade, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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    Supporting social movements to advance women's rights and gender justice - an approach for donors

    BRIDGE, 2014
    How can donors support gender justice within and through social movements? Private and public donors have always played a part in progressive social movements, in particular by funding organisations that have either been created by movements, that provide services to movement members or the public or that are engaged in movement–building.
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    Stop FGM Middle East

    Stop FGM Middle East, 2014
    The UN estimates that up to 140 million girls and women worldwide are affected by female genital mutilation (FGM), yet there could be many more as growing evidence suggests that FGM may be widespread in various parts of Asia and the Middle East. Studies are indispensable for the struggle against FGM, yet they are non-existent for bulk of the Middle East.
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    Tackling FGM in the UK: intercollegiate recommendations for identifying, recording and reporting

    The Royal College of Midwives, 2013
    The number of communities affected by female genital mutilation (FGM) is growing, and with increased migration from countries where FGM is practiced, more girls in the UK are at risk.

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