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24 Nov 2006 - Break through announcements by top Muslim clerics to dissociate Islam from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
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4 Oct 2006 - October 3rd 2006 the FORWARD team had the pleasure of meeting the artist Gabrielle Pool at the opening of her latest exhibition in London. The exhibition, based on her stay in East Africa with the peoples of the Hamer tribe in the Omo river valley, is being held at the Square One Gallery, 592 Kings Road London, from October 3rd - 27th 2006.
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3 Oct 2006 - Monday October 2nd 2006 saw a second Female Genital Mutliation (FGM)prosecution in Sweden. A 42 year old Somali woman was convicted for taking her daughter from Sweden to Somalia in 2002 to undego FGM. Earlier this year another man was convicted under the same FGM law.
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20 Jul 2006 - Reliability of self reported form of female genital mutilation and WHO classification: cross sectional study is a British medical journal article with the purpose of assessing the reliability of self reported forms of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to compare the extent of cutting verified by a clinical examination to corresponding World Health Organisation classification.
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18 Jul 2006 - As part of our ongoing work to protect girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), please find below a joint statement with the Metropolitan Police Service to highlight the increased risk during the summer holidays of girls from FGM practicing communities being subjected to FGM, and to inform practicing communities of the law in the UK in relation to FGM.
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16 Jul 2006 - In March 2006, York University Fusion student's society raised £2,500 for FORWARD in a celebration of modern urban culture.
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6 Jul 2006 - A new study to estimate the prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within England and Wales is currently being undertaken. The research was initiated last year by FORWARD founder Efua Dorkenoo and is being conducted in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and City University. As well as providing an estimated figure for the number of women in England and Wales who have undergone some form of FGM the data is also aiming to provide a crude estimate of girls under the age of 15 who are at risk of FGM in England and Wales.
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30 Jun 2006 - Young People Speak Out”. This project seeks to empower young people to take action against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the several London boroughs. By expanding FORWARD’s youth wing, it is hoped that this project will nurture a new generation of young people who are empowered with the necessary skills and motivation to continue FORWARD’s work of promoting the health and rights of girls and women from black and minority ethnic, (BME) communities including FGM practising communities.
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21 Jun 2006 - Female Genital Mutilation Politics and Prevention is a re-write of Efua Dorkenoo's acclaimed first novel, Cutting the Rose. In it Efua explores different perspectives on FGM and the current situation concerning the practice. Female Genital Mutilation Politics and Prevention, presents steps in the form of preventative measures and the role that authorities can take to bring about the end of this practice which represents such a violation of the rights of women and the girl child.
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9 Jun 2006 - A WHO study on Female genital Mutilation (FGM) and Obstetric outcomes was published in the Lancet medical journal. The paper is the largest, most controlled study ever undertaken on the implications of FGM for the obstetric care of women affected. FORWARD founder Efua Dorkenoo was a contributor to this significant research.
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3 Jun 2006 - Monday 26th June 2006 A Swedish court has jailed a Somali man for the female genital mutilation (FGM) of his 13 year old daughter, the first case of its kind in Sweden.
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A new study published by the World Health Organization (WHO) has shown that women who have had Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are significantly more likely to experience difficulties during childbirth and that their babies are more likely to die as a result of the practice.
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22 Feb 2006 - In February of this year FORWARD was delighted to be awarded a grant from The Sigrid Rausing Trust for a new programme to use the film MOOLAADE as an advocacy tool with which to tackle FGM and promote action for the realisation of the reproductive and sexual rights of girls and women in Africa. This programme 'Advancing the Human Rights of African Girls' is expected to initially begin in Sudan with projects in Ethiopia and Tanzania to follow.
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6 Feb 2006 - On February 6th 2006, International Zero Tolerance to FGM Day, FORWARD called for FGM to be made history! Issuing a statement to our supporters and fellow sisters working for the realisation of the rights of girls and women worldwide FORWARD urged people to join our current campaign to bring about effective legislation against all forms of FGM in Sudan.
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Pamela Izevbekhai fled her native Nigeria for Ireland, hoping to save her two daughters from sexual mutilation, which killed a third daughter. Now she is struggling for asylum.
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