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市バスと地下鉄の職員 16年度までに1割削減 (12/25 読売新聞) http://chubu.yomiuri.co.jp/news_kan/kan091225_2.htm
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市バスと地下鉄の職員 16年度までに1割削減 (12/25 読売新聞) http://chubu.yomiuri.co.jp/news_kan/kan091225_2.htm
年末年始の予定：鉱工業生産、ＦＲＢ議長講演、新車販売 (Update1) http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/apps/news?pid=90920020&sid=aU.AecWJjeVU
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年末年始の予定：鉱工業生産、ＦＲＢ議長講演、新車販売 (Update1) http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/apps/news?pid=90920020&sid=aU.AecWJjeVU
Some (much needed) good news for Denis Grebehskov http://bit.ly/6Oiseb #edmonton #oilers
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Some (much needed) good news for Denis Grebehskov http://bit.ly/6Oiseb #edmonton #oilers
Windows 7, new smartphones top 2009's tech news list http://twa.lk/rjV1W
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Windows 7, new smartphones top 2009's tech news list http://twa.lk/rjV1W
日本株は小幅反落、直近上昇の輸出や銀行株安い－売買代金は今年最低 http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/apps/news?pid=90920009&sid=aGuulEgoDvuE
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日本株は小幅反落、直近上昇の輸出や銀行株安い－売買代金は今年最低 http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/apps/news?pid=90920009&sid=aGuulEgoDvuE
Eau Claire (WI) WQOW: NY school suspends girl, 10, for peppermint oil . More #Energy #news - http://tinyurl.com/mtdw2j
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Freedom - Presentation given by Anastasios Zavales about educating the world community about the practice of genital mutilation.

afrol News - FGM - Analyses, facts and regularly updated news on female genital mutilation in Africa.

Ashley Montagu Resolution to End Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide: Petition to World Court - Solicits signatures for online petition against genital mutilation. Includes endorsements by prominent people and information on genital integrity, mutilation and human rights.
Meta Description: [ This site contains a petition that signifies one agrees with the text of the Ashley Montague Resolution to End the Genital Mutilation of Children that was adopted by the Fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 9-11, 1996. ]

Epidemiology Of Female Sexual Castration In Cairo, Egypt - In 1985, a group of 350 urban Egyptian women were selected to self-report on their recall of their female sexual castration (FSC) which they experienced as children.

Erroneous Belief Systems Underlying Female Genital Mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa - Speech presented by Hanny Lightfoot-Klein at The Third International Symposium on Circumcision, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland May 22-25, 1994.

Excision Practiced Where Pre-Islamic Traditions Strongest - Integrated Regional Information Networks article about the persistence of the practice of female circumcision in Mali.

Female Circumcision Issues Page - The World Health Organization has condemned the mutilations as disastrous to womens health and as indefensible on humane grounds. In the United States, Rep. Pat Schroeder has written a bill to prohibit female genital mutilation. H.R. 3247.

Female Genital Cutting - Information and resources about the cultural practice of partly or totally removing portions of the external female genitalia.

Female Genital Mutilation - An introduction including what it is, countries that practise it, and a discussion on the religious influence, plus links.
Meta Description: [ An introduction to female genital mutilation. Including what it is, countries that practice it, and a discussion on the religious influence, as well as additional links to learn more. ]

Female Genital Mutilation - Amnesty International covers the topic of clitoridectomy, including procedures, why and where practiced, mental and physical effects on women.
Meta Description: [ Amnesty International - Stop violence against women; ]

Female Genital Mutilation - Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe.
Meta Description: [ female genital mutilation, female circumcision ]

Female Genital Mutilation - A Human Rights Information Pack (1998) - from Amnesty International
Meta Description: [ Amnesty International - Stop violence against women; ]

Female Genital Mutilation: Strategies For Eradication - by Fran P. Hosken. Article discusses how female genital mutilation continues to be practiced in Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia among Moslem populations.

First lady celebrates African village that ended female circumcision - News Star Online - Apr 2, 1998 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, meeting with villagers who have ended the practice of female circumcision in their community, praised the village for having started a great movement.

Global Women Intact - Specializing in female circumcision, genital mutilation, and alternative ritual of passage information.
Meta Description: [ Sia Amma - artist, comedienne, founder of Global Women Intact, a non-profit dedicated towards ending female circumcision & female genital mutilation. We offer an alternative to female circumcision & genital mutilation through an alternative form of initiation ceremony. ]

Irin News: Boost for Anti-FGM Effort - United Nations humanitarian report from Kenya explains how a series of seminars resulted in the resignation two hundred practitioners of female genital mutilation. Includes outline of the cultural aspects.

Islam and Female Circumcision - By Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. - Minaret of Freedom Institute. Brief article discussing religion and female genital mutilation.

Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision - An angry commentary.

Mutilated Humanity - by Ashley Montagu - The story of bodily mutilations would occupy a large volume in the story of humankind, and few would be more strange and interesting than those relating to male and female circumcision.

NPR : Asylum and Genital Mutilation - About a Nigerian woman fighting deportation from the US, saying she needs to stay because her 10-year-old daughter, who is an American citizen, would be subject to genital mutilation if sent to Nigeria. [4:47 minute Realaudio segment]
Meta Description: [ A Nigerian woman is fighting deportation, saying she needs to stay because of her 10-year-old daughter, who is an American citizen. The mother has overstayed her visa by more than a decade. She says she can't leave her daughter in the US, but she says in Nigeria, the girl would be subject to a pa... ]

NPR : Atlanta Female Circumcision Case Stirs Concern - The arrest of an Ethiopian citizen in Atlanta, Ga., raises concerns that female circumcision, a form of genital mutilation common in some African nations, is being performed on young women in the United States. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports. 5.5 minutes radio segment via Realplayer.
Meta Description: [ The arrest of an Ethiopian citizen in Atlanta, Ga., raises concerns that female circumcision -- a form of genital mutilation common in some African nations -- is being performed on young women in the United States. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports. ]

NPR : Genital Mutilation Can Be Grounds for Asylum Status, Court Rules - A US appeals court ruling in favor of a young Somali woman says that a history of genital mutilation makes a woman automatically eligible for asylum in the U.S. [2:48 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ An appeals court ruling in favor of a young Somali woman says that a history of genital mutilation makes a woman automatically eligible for asylum in the U.S. ]

NPR : INS Fraud - Reports about a Ghanaian woman named Adelaide Abankwa who won political asylum in the US, based on her claim that she would be subject to female genital mutilation if she were returned home, but faces an Immigration and Naturalization Service charge that she lied about her identity and her fears of being tortured at home. [5 minute 40 second Realaudio segment]
Meta Description: [ NPR's Margot Adler reports on the case of a Ghanaian woman named Adelaide Abankwa - who won political asylum in the U-S, based on her claim that she would be subject to female genital mutilation if she were returned home. Feminist groups and others - including Hilary Clinton - rallied to her caus... ]

NPR : Mutilation - Asylum - Report on the story of Adelaide Abankwah, the second woman in U.S history to be granted political asylum because she feared she would be subjected to female genital mutilation if she returned to her native country. [4.5 minute Realaudio segment]
Meta Description: [ NPR's Margot Adler reports on the story of Adelaide Abankwah. Abankwah is the second woman in U.S history to be granted political asylum because she feared she would be subjected to female genital mutilation if she returned to her native Ghana. Abankwah spoke out today for the first time since he... ]

NPR : Nigerian Woman Challenges Mutilation Ritual - Reports on a Nigerian woman who is trying to have the practice of female genital mutilation accepted as a violation of the anti-torture convention. She is living illegally in Dallas, Texas, and fighting deportation with the claim that she and her 3-year-old daughter would likely be subjected to the mutilation ritual if repatriated to Nigeria. [4.5 minute Realaudio segment]
Meta Description: [ NPR's Libby Lewis reports on a Nigerian woman who is trying to have the practice of female genital mutilation accepted as a violation of the anti-torture convention, which the United States has signed. The woman lives in Dallas, but is here illegally and fighting deportation. The woman's claim is... ]

500 NPWJ Stop Female Genital Mutilation Campaign - International campaign to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation.

Project IDIL - Instruments to Develop the Integrity of Lasses - IDIL is a Daphne Programme project 2001/2003. The project is aimed at defining and experimenting strategies to prevent FGM among immigrant communities/families in Europe.

Rainbo - African-led international non-governmental organisation working on issues of women's empowerment, sexual autonomy, reproductive health, and freedom from violence, with a focus on female genital mutilation and women's rights to their bodily integrity.
Meta Description: [ Rainbo believe that ensuring health and rights for women and girls is fundamental to achieving lasting, humane and equitable development in Africa. ]

Senegal bans female circumcision - BBC News Online - Dec 23, 1998 - Senegal has banned female circumcision on cultural or religious grounds. Anybody found practising circumcision on girls now faces up to five years in prison.
Meta Description: [ Senegal has outlawed the genital mutilation of women, a rite of passage practised for centuries in Africa. ]

500 Stop FGM - A resource centre for FGM activists, written in English, French and Arabic.

The Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project - Attempts to present the practice from a variety of perspectives and serve as a networking resource for organizations doing work related to FGC.

The Zero - Listings of national and international agencies, articles, organizations and web sites to find help for and information about female genital mutilation and female circumcision practices worldwide.
Meta Description: [ Female Genital Mutilation Resources. Listings of and links to national and international agencies, articles, organizations and websites to find help for and information about female genital mutilation and female circumcision practices worldwide. ]

Tostan - An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting.
Meta Description: [ The mission of Tostan is to contribute to the human dignity of African people through the development and implementation of a non-formal, participatory education program in national languages. ]