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- UPDATE: We are up to 311,000 Members and still growing! Links to groups you can contact are on the INFO page
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Thank you for your concern for the women who endure this procedure, it means a lot to them to see that the world cares and campaigns for their basic rights.
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Since its 2008, I thought I would something different to try and educate as many people as possible about Female Genital Mutilation or Female Circumcision.
I had my Circumcision done when I was 7 years old.
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- 2 Million people against Female Circumcision{FGM: Female Genital Mutilation
- Category:
- Common Interest - Beliefs & Causes
- Description:
- UPDATE: We are up to 311,000 Members and still growing! Links to groups you can contact are on the INFO page
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Thank you for your concern for the women who endure this procedure, it means a lot to them to see that the world cares and campaigns for their basic rights.
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Since its 2008, I thought I would something different to try and educate as many people as possible about Female Genital Mutilation or Female Circumcision.
I had my Circumcision done when I was 7 years old.
When I... (read more) - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
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~Consequences of FGM
Depending on the degree of mutilation, FGM can have a number of short-term health implications:
1. severe pain and shock
2. infection
3. urine retention
4. injury to adjacent tissues
5. immediate fatal haemorrhaging
~Long-term implications can entail:
1. extensive damage of the external reproductive system
2. uterus, vaginal and pelvic infections
3. cysts and neuromas
4. increased risk of Vesico Vaginal Fistula
5. complications in pregnancy and child birth
6. psychological damage
7. sexual dysfunction
8. difficulties in menstruation
In addition to these health consequences there are considerable psycho-sexual, psychological and social consequences of FGM.
~Justifications of FGM
The roots of FGM are complex and numerous; indeed, it has not been exactly possible to determine when or where the tradition of FGM originated.
The justifications given for the practise are multiple and reflect the ideological and historical situation of the societies in which it has developed. Reasons cited generally relate to tradition, power inequalities and the ensuing compliance of women to the dictates of their communities
Reasons include:
1. custom and tradition
2. religion; in the mistaken belief that it is a religious requirement
3. preservation of virginity/chastity
4. social acceptance, especially for marriage
5. hygiene and cleanliness
6. increasing sexual pleasure for the male
7. family honour
8. a sense of belonging to the group and conversely the fear of social exclusion
9. enhancing fertility
10. a social weapon of war
source: http://www.forwarduk.org.uk/key-issues/fgm
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FORWARD, NOCIRC and NORM-UK are proud to introduce the Genital Autonomy campaign badge on Facebook. Add it to your profile today and show your support for the campaign against unnecessary genital surgery on children.
Please add the badge to your wall tab if you can, so that more people will see it. You can also choose to add a section to your info tab. and a whole Genital Autonomy tab.
http://apps.facebook.com/genital-autonomy/
*The Facebook ribbon:which is free and you can invite all your friends.
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*Donation or volunteer work.
Africa: http://www.clitoraid.org
Organization located in African
Burkina Faso
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sinergie/voixdefemmes/
Eritrea
http://www.denden.com/NUEYS/
Kenya
http://www.equalitynow.org/
Nigeria
http://cfcnigeria.org/CONTENT/uncut.htm
Senegal
http://www.tostan.org/
Sudan
http://www.sihanet.org/
Tanzania
http://www.humanrights.or.tz/
http://www.wowap.org/
*International
http://www.ippf.org/en/
http://www.npwj.org
http://www.equalitynow.org/
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/index.php
http://www.rainbo.org/
http://www.childinfo.org/areas/fgmc/
http://www.womankind.org.uk/
http://www.who.int/topics/female_genital_mutilation/en/
http://www.tostan.org/
Australia
http://www.dhi.gov.au/mhu/index.htm
http://www.whs.sa.gov.au/project_fgm2.php
Austria
http://www.waris-dirie-foundation.com/
Belgium
http://www.gams.be/
Denmark
http://www.pigeomskaering.dk/
France
http://ame.enfant.org.free.fr/
http://www.cams-fgm.org/
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/..associationgams/gamsiteeng/pages/presgams.html
Germany
http://www.forward-germany.de/
http://www.gtz.de/de/index.htm
http://www.target-human-rights.com/
http://www.frauenrechte.de/tdf/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=21&Itemid=159
http://www.wadinet.de/index.php
http://www.taskforcefgm.de/index.html
Ireland
http://www.amnesty.ie/endfgm
Italy
http://www.aidos.it/
http://www.npwj.org
Japan
http://www.jca.apc.org/~waaf/e-index.html
New Zealand
http://www.refugeehealth.govt.nz/
Sweden
http://www.f-risk.org/en
The Netherlands
http://www.fsan.nl/
http://www.no-game.nl/
UK
http://www.fgmnationalgroup.org/
http://www.forwarduk.org.uk
http://www.equalitynow.org/
USA
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/africanwomenscenter/
http://www.care.org/index.asp?
http://www.girlsspeakout.org/
http://www.stopexcision.net/
http://www.equalitynow.org/
==PLEASE, All OF YOU DO THIS:
1) Join this Facebook group.
2) Click on "Invite People to Join" from the menu on the right hand side.
3) Select all of your friends.
4) Click on "Send invitation"
Around two million young girls each year are circumcised. Two million symbolize the number of girls who suffer or will suffer from the effects of circumcision. About 6000 circumcision are preformed daily.
***********Please have a heart and join***********
GROUP RULES
NO SPAMMING/ADVERTISING.
All spam is reported and you will be removed from the group.
No adverts for unrelated groups. This group is designed for education and links to other groups will be removed.
NO PICTURES WHICH BREAK FACEBOOK GUIDELINES/RULES. We know that there are very relevant and important pictures related to the topic. But we must adhere to Facebook's rules. Thus, no pictures of nudity may be posted.
We do not like:
-Direct promotion of FGM or "supposed" benefits
-Excessive Swearing
-Name-calling and Mudslinging in general
-Going completely off-topic without any reason
-References to obvious pro-FGM sites
-Religion-bashing or Racism
-RELIGIOUS REASONS FOR GM
-People ignoring warnings
-People posting opinions AS FACTS when they're just opinions
-Outright open hatred or dislike of an individual for no reason
-Discussions about other highly controversial topics
-Advertisements or Spam either in the forum or on the wall
-Openly defying or badgering the Admin of the group when warned
-Posting personal e-mail addresses in posts on the wall or in the Forum. Do so in PRIVATE messages.
Rules about posting on the wall:
We don't mind if it goes a little off topic, that's normal and unavoidable. Feel free to post comments but if you want to have a discussion with someone about something unrelated to FGM, please message that person directly.
If posting a link on the wall, please explain what the link is or it could be interpreted as an advertisement.
Please only discuss male genital mutilation in the topic entitled "Male Circumcision"
Please follow all the guidelines, violators may have their posts removed without warning.