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FGM
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
30 million girls at risk of FGM…..
By John Kang
So posits a UNICEF study. A recent Op-Ed in the Guardian UK elaborates: Statistics show 30 million girls are at risk of FGM in the next decade, and, each year, about 14 milliongirls…
International Law Prof Blog
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 6 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FHM). FGM has been recognized internationally as a harmful practice and a violation of the human rights…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MATTER OF N-T- AS PROGENY OF MATTER OF A-T-: A TEACHING TOOL FOR FGM CASES by Geoffrey A. Hoffman (University of Houston Immigration Clinic)
This case will make an interesting teaching example for immigration professors discussing the ramifications of the Attorney General’s precedential decision on female genital mutilation (FGM), Matter of A-T- I&N Dec.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Amel Fahmy et al. on Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt
Amel Fahmy (UNFPA-Egypt) et al. have posted Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Issues of Sexuality in Egypt on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), officially referred to as female…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Congressional Briefing on Women’s Human Rights in Africa: Monday, March 28, 2011
Georgetown Law’s Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program in cooperation with Congresswomen Louise Slaughter invite you to a Congressional Briefing addressing Women’s Human Rights in Africa:Speakers…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Obiajulu Nnamuchi on the Moral and Ethical Perspectives of Female Genital Excision
Obiajulu Nnamuchi (Loyola University Chicago School of Law) has posted 'Circumcision' or 'Mutilation'? Revisiting Ethical and Legal Perspectives on Female Genital Rituals on SSRN. Here is the abtract: Rituals involving…
International Law Prof Blog
Human Rights: Uganda Becomes 24th Country to Ratify the Maputo Protocol
Uganda became the 24th country to ratify the "Maputo Protocol" to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The protocol was adopted by the…
The Right Coast
Islam and FGM Tom Smith
Read to the end. I didn't comment on it before, but like I hope many people I found the exchange in which A.G. Holder was apparently unwilling to acknowledge that…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
American Academy of Pediatrics Considers Ceremonial “Nick” as Compromise to Female Genital Mutilation
NY Times: Group Backs Ritual ‘Nick’ as Female Circumcision Option, by Pan Belluck:In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning the practice of female circumcision in some African and…
International Law Prof Blog
New International Legislation to Protect Minors, Extend International Organizations Immunity Act, and Congratulate Baltic States on 20 Years of Independence
The following pieces of legislation have been introduced in the U.S. House of RepresentativesHR 5137 (Crowley, D-NY), to amend Title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for transporting minors…