Stop Genital Mutilations - A Suggestion:
An article: The beginning of a suggestion that could very well stop
genital mutilations, or at least cause a reduction.
http://www.stopgms.org
Tostan:
An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal
Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital
cutting.
http://www.tostan.org
Female Genital Mutilation:
An introduction including what it is, countries that practise it,
and a discussion on the religious influence, plus links.
http://www.members.tripod.com/~Wolvesdreams/FGM.html
Rainbo Homepage:
While contributing to the advancement of the field in general, we
are currently focusing our work on the issue of Female Genital
Mutilation to assert women's rights to their bodily integrity.
http://www.rainbo.org/
Female Genital Mutilation Network and Message Board:
Network and Message Board for cultural issue of female genital
mutilation practiced mostly in Africa, Middle East, Malaysia & by
immigrant communities from these cultures.
http://www.fgm.org/
The FGM Research Homepage:
Attempts to present the practice from a variety of perspectives and
serve as a networking resource for organizations doing work related
to FGM.
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/index.html
The Zero:
Listings of national and international agencies, articles,
organizations and web sites to find help for and information about
female genital mutilation and female circumcision practices
worldwide.
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/female_g_m.html
The Three Feminine Sorrows:
The issue of the cultural practice of female genital mutilation from
the point of view of urologist Dr. Jean Fourcroy, past president of
the American Medical Women's Assoc.
http://www.fgm.org/fourcroy.html
Female Genital Mutilation:
Chapter eight of Human Rights Reference discusses prevalence and
problems with FGM.
http://www.humanrightsreference.com/chap8b.html
UNICEF and the Medicalization of FGM:
Documentation of the medicalization of female genital mutilation in
Kenya.
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ay813/Profile.html
Female Genital Mutilation and Human Rights:
An essay, by Lisa Donaldson, discussing this practice in the 21st
century.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Easel/9509/genital.html
Female Genital Mutilation:
Amnesty International covers the topic of clitoridectomy, including
procedures, why and where practiced, mental and physical effects on
women.
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm
Female Genital Mutilation:
Information and resources.
http://members.aol.com/marinersc/connect/wya/fgm/index.htm
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein:
Articles by one of the leading authors and researchers on FGM.
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/Lightfoot-klein/
