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Author Archives: Julia
Submit an online letter to the AAP expressing your thoughts about FGM and their new stance
Just a very quick post, in advance of my being on talk radio in the US – I’ve just spent a few minutes reading the online letters to the AAP and they are heartening. People state their disappointment and disbelief … Continue reading
AAP updates its position on female genital mutilation? Really??
The AAP have issued the following: 1. AAP Reaffirms Its Opposition to Female Genital Cutting In airing the controversy on female genital cutting (FGC) in its April 26 policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) may have left an … Continue reading
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Tagged AAP, female genital mutilation, FGC, fgm, Intactivism, US Pediatricians
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Statement on FGM from UK Pediatricians and Obstetricians in full
Joint RCOG/RCPCH statement on the AAP policy statement on FGM The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) welcome the publication of the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) Committee on Bioethics … Continue reading
Take action against the AAP’s stance on female genital mutilation
Please use this email below to alert people to the issue and also to the petition that is circulating. The AAP should be left in no doubt that there is global outcry about this issue. “Dear All You may be … Continue reading
Female genital mutilation allowed in America
This article was submitted for publication in the Huffington Post on 30 April 2010 So, I’m sitting here in London, getting ready for the World Economic Forum meeting next week in Tanzania. It’s a time of reflection as I think … Continue reading
FGM – letter to the British Medical Journal about FGM
American Academy of Pediatrics – female genital mutilation The BMJ news summary errs. (1) Close reading of the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) Bioethics Committee statement (2) shows that, despite sensitively explaining the cultural meanings, procedures, consequences and illegality, the … Continue reading
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Tagged AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr Susan Bewley, female genital cutting, fgm
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Tanzanian discussions on women’s issues and FGM
So, here I am in a rainy Dar Es Salaam. It’s an incredible meeting, once again, the participants so open, so keen to discuss. I’ve learnt from my Davos experience – enthusiasm face to face does not always translate to … Continue reading
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Tagged ernst & young, female genital mutilation, fgm, graca machel, UN, world economic forum
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WEF encourages debate on female genital mutilation again!
World Economic Forum, Tanzania Tomorrow, I’m off to the World Economic Forum in Tanzania. I’m grateful to the enlightened crew at WEF, who have waived the fee for me to get there. End FGM Now’s wonderful sponsor, Health Partners International … Continue reading
Fascinating facts on female genital mutilation
Michele, who is working with me on the campaign (squeezing it in with her day job, of course!) phoned yesterday. We talked various things. Part way through the conversation, she said: have you noticed that all the sites about FGM … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, amnesty, female genital mutilation, fgm, huffington post, UN
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Women in Ethiopia – FGM article in the Independent
I just read this over lunch. It made me stronger, more bolstered for what we’re trying to do at End FGM Now. I lived in Ethiopia, so I felt I could picture the small huts that Johann Hari talks about. … Continue reading
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Tagged ethiopia, female genital mutilation, fgm, independent, johann hari
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