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Rate of FGM decreases in some regions of Iraqi Kurdistan
The British MP Gary Kent has traveled again to Iraqi-Kurdistan and recently wrote an article about progress made there. He also spoke with Pachschan Zangana, today member of the High Council of...
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New FGM study in line with Wadi’s findings
A new study on FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan produced by several Kurdish medical scientists in cooperation with the KRG Ministry of Health appears largely consistent with Wadi’s findings from 2008....
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Female genital mutilation among Iraqi Kurdish women: a cross-sectional study...
The self-reported prevalence of female genital mutilation was 70.3%, while it was 58.6% according to clinical examination of the women’s genitalia. The most common type of female genital mutilation was...
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Europe’s first female genital mutilation clinic opens in Berlin
The first clinic in Europe specialized in providing treatment to women subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) opened doors in the German capital Berlin on Wednesday. Local media reported that the...
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Significant Decrease of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Iraqi-Kurdistan,...
In several Iraqi Kurdish regions female genital mutilation (FGM) has declined significantly within a decade. During the last six months, the Iraqi-German NGO Wadi has collected data on the prevalence...
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Guardian and BBC Film about FGM in Kurdistan and the campaign against it
Today Guardian Films present a short version of a co-production with the BBC about the decade long fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iraqi-Kurdistan. The BBC-Guardian team has followed...
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BBC Feature: Kurdistan’s success in stemming Female Genital Mutilation
Listen to the BBC Radio feature: Kurdistan’s success in stemming Female Genital Mutilation
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New Study Found High FGM Rate in Erbil/Kurdistan
A statistical study to estimate the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) among women in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, revealed a rate of 70.3% (self-reported), respectively 58.6%...
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Burkina Faso’s FGM clinic stands idle
The clinic was built by a strange sect. Now the Health Minister said that “medical organisations should be focused on saving lives and not advertising their religion in an attempt to convert vulnerable...
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