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FGM/C in the international news »

  • Wednesday, September 01, 2010
    Elderly man lands in court on FGM charges

    This is a scanned newspaper article of an old man who has been arrested and charged in Narok, Kenya after subjecting his daughter to the practice of FGM.

  • Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    Female Genital Mutilation spreads HIV/AIDS

    The mutilation of female genital has in no small measure helped in spreading the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, the chairman, Senate House Committee on Health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo Bello, has said.

    Speaking at  a two-day seminar on female genital mutilation cutting and achieving MDGs 4, 5 and 6 organized by AQUIRE fistula care project, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo said the virus is easily spread when groups of teenage girls are mutilated.

  • Wednesday, August 25, 2010
    FGM/C: soon more severe norms introduced in Switzerland
    The Federal Council of Switzerland approved the introduction of specific norms to address female genital mutilation/cutting, in accordance with a report by the National Council on Judicial Affairs. According to the new article, FGM/C will be punished also if perpetrated outside of the swiss territory.

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  • Wednesday, August 25, 2010
    Réprimer résolument la pratique des mutilations génitales féminines

    Avis du Conseil fédéral sur le rapport de la Commission des affaires juridiques du Conseil national

    Communiqués, DFJP, 25.08.2010

    Berne. Le Conseil fédéral est favorable à l’introduction dans le code pénal d’une norme réprimant de manière spécifique les mutilations génitales féminines. Une telle norme marquerait clairement qu’en Suisse ces mutilations sont proscrites ; en outre, elle serait de nature à favoriser la prévention de telles pratiques et à faciliter la lutte contre ces dernières. C’est ce qu’estime le Conseil fédéral dans l’avis sur le rapport de la Commission des affaires juridiques du Conseil national, qu’il a publié mercredi.

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