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100,000 women forced into illegal genital mutilation in the UK

London - Medics in the UK have carried out illegal genital mutilation procedure on 100,000 women in Britain, a new report claims. Some of the victims are as young as 10.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 1 comment

Woman arrested for allegedly trying to cut off husband's penis

Palm Springs - Authorities say that an elderly California woman in her late 60's has been arrested on suspicion of trying to cut off her husband's penis with a pair of scissors.

In the Media by Kevin Fitzgerald

Op-Ed: Mass genital mutilation in world record attempt

Saturday, 7 May 2011, the city of Manila in the Philippines has attempted to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records by circumcising as many boys as possible.

In the Media by Bart B. Van Bockstaele

Behind the 'Adopt a Clitoris' campaign

Since 2006, a controversial organization has asked for donations, promising to surgically restore the clitoris of women, mainly in Africa, who have suffered FGM: female genital mutilation. Clitoraid does this by asking people to "adopt a clitoris."

In the Media by R. C. Camphausen - 10 comments

UN warns that 3 million girls at risk for genital mutilation

The United Nations is reporting that while progress has been made in reducing female genital mutilation millions of girls are still at risk each year.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

'Intactivists' Fighting Against Circumcision Making Headway

Circumcision was once considered the norm, with 85 per cent of male infants having the procedure in 1965. Those numbers are falling, as more and more parents begin to question the legitimacy of removing the foreskin of baby boys within hours of birth.

In the Media by Pamela Jean - 11 comments

Supermodel Suffered Genital Mutilation

Waris, a supermodel who has travelled the world, was forced to lie down on a rock by her mother, when she was only five years old, while another woman cut off parts of her genitals with a razor blade. No anaesthetic was used.

In the Media by Janice Ambrose - 11 comments

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Quebec family to be deported Sunday

A family from Guinea that fears its daughters will be forced into marriages and possibly subjected to genital mutilation is to be deported Sunday after losing a last-minute court challenge.

Mutilated cats found in Vancouver suburb

Fifteen mutilated cats have been found in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Maple Ridge over the past year, and police and SPCA are asking for the public's help cracking the case.

Brave recovery of mutilated Bangladesh woman

Brave recovery of Bangladeshi woman whose fingers were cut off

Mexican police find 49 mutilated bodies on highway

Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs.

Mutilated bodies found in Mexico

Police in western Mexico try to identify the remains of 18 people found dismembered and dumped in two cars in Jalisco state.