TY, @[email protected]! If Iran and Egypt don't like it, then they don't have to participate. Why are Egypt, the world champion of #FemaleGenitalMutilation, #FGM, and Iran, an openly misogynistic state, even allowed to participate in international tournaments? #PrideMatch, men's #FIFAWorldcup

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:25i7d2czznyueqdidz7gancb/post/3m7raosdfxg22

How anti-trans policies are disrupting efforts to prevent genital mutilation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/transgender/female-genital-mutilation-activism-coopted

Ian Geldard (@igeldard) on Threads

Landmark victory: West Africa’s highest court has ruled that female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of torture—and ordered Sierra Leone to ban it. This is a historic step forward for the rights of women and girls.

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Plus the teenage girls in a Kenyan refugee camp who are learning self-defence in an environment rife with gender violence.#Africa #The51% #feminism #womensrights #Violenceagainstwomen #Femalegenitalmutilation #underagemarriage (4/4)

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She has now returned to The Gambia and is the founder and CEO of Women in Liberation and Leadership. She talked to us on Perspective ahead of International Women's Day this coming weekend.#Africa #Perspective #Femalegenitalmutilation #TheGambia #womensrights #Violenceagainstwomen (3/3)

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A leading women's rights campaigner has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of just seven in her home country of The Gambia. Fatou Baldeh explained that although the procedure was a horrific personal experience, it was seen as the norm when she was growing up. But later, when studying in Scotland, she became more aware of what had happened to her. She has now returned to The Gambia and is the founder and CEO of Women in Liberation and Leadership. She talked to us on Perspective ahead of International Women's Day this coming weekend.#Africa #Perspective #Femalegenitalmutilation #TheGambia #womensrights #Violenceagainstwomen
Perspective - Activist and survivor Fatou Baldeh on fighting to eradicate female genital mutilation
Perspective - Activist and survivor Fatou Baldeh on fighting to eradicate female genital mutilation

A leading women's rights campaigner has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of just seven in her home country of The Gambia. Fatou Baldeh explained that although the procedure was a horrific personal experience, it was seen as the norm when she was growing up. But later, when studying in Scotland, she became more aware of what had happened to her. She has now returned to The Gambia and is the founder and CEO of Women in Liberation and Leadership. She talked to us on Perspective ahead of International Women's Day this coming weekend.

FRANCE 24
Thousands of children in England accused of witchcraft in past decade

Figures emerge as Kindoki Witch Boy film tells true story of Mardoche Yembi who underwent an exorcism as a child

The Guardian

Female genital mutilation a reality in Europe.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a reality in Europe: 600,000 girls and women, mainly from Africa and Asia, have been been subjected to it. Worldwide, the figure is at 230 million.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250212-female-genital-mutilation-a-reality-in-europe?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Europe #FGM #FemaleGenitalMutilation #Girls #Health

RT by @EU_Justice: 600,000 women in the 🇪🇺 have undergone #FemaleGenitalMutilation.

FGM is a brutal violation of human rights with no place in any society. It must be consigned to the history books. NOW.

The EU is taking action through laws, prevention & support for survivors.#ZeroToleranceDay
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Hadja Lahbib (@hadjalahbib)

600,000 women in the 🇪🇺 have undergone #FemaleGenitalMutilation. FGM is a brutal violation of human rights with no place in any society. It must be consigned to the history books. NOW. The EU is taking action through laws, prevention & support for survivors.#ZeroToleranceDay

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Uniting Forces to End Female Genital Mutilation

Join the fight to end female genital mutilation. Together, we can protect millions of girls and women from this harmful practice.

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