International

Female Genital Mutilation: Proposal for Change. Minority Rights Group International Report

This is a resource for those concerned with health, development, social change and women’s human rights. It gives health professionals, teachers and social workers positive and practical ways to abolish FGM.

“Somali women’s birth experiences in Canada after earlier female genital mutilation”

This publication deals with the migration of women to countries where FGM is uncommon. It also documents the difficulties for health care providers in these countries, as they lack experience dealing with FGM related cases, particularly during child birth. The survey focused largely on Somali women in Ontario to explore their perspectives of perinatal care and their earlier genital mutilation experience.

“Female Circumcision Comes to America”

This article explores the global nature of FGM – from practising countries into American societies. It shows how FGM is performed by new immigrants, veiled in deference to a cultural tradition of the developing world, and the gradual visibility of female circumcision as an American problem.

“National Politics as International Process: The Case of Anti-Female-Genital-Cutting Laws"

Using the example of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), this article gives consideration to the relative importance of local constituencies versus international normative influences in treating national policies, and highlights the occurrence of anti-FGM legislation in countries.

“Being different and vulnerable”

This study shows the experiences of immigrant African women who have been circumcised and sought maternity care in Sweden. It shows the encounters of women from Somalia, Eritrea,and Sudan who have been genitally cut withthe health care system in Sweden.

Protocol to Study the Effects of FGM on psycho-sexual health

This is a tool design to investigate the effects of FGM on the psycho-sexual health of women and girls.

WOMEN: A special issue about FGM

This material covers various areas/topics on FGM. It is an advocacy manual for the eradication of FGM and an awareness-raising tool for policy makers. It is available in English and Arabic.

FGM/C: An Islamic Perspective

This book gives a detailed understanding of FGM in the context of Islam; its misinterpretations, arguments and clarifications with reference to the Quran and demystifying unauthentic hadith.

Sisters Listening to Sisters: Women of the World Share Stories of Personal Empowerment

Chapter 13, entitled “Female Genital Mutilation: Stories from Africa”, is the most relevant in this book. It highlights empirical stories about FGM from Africa, and includes testimonies by women who suffered the culture while facilitating an understanding Female Genital Mutilation from a cultural point of view.

Mapping of resources for women human rights defenders

AWID and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition reviewed a broad range of urgent responses available to women human rights defenders Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) at risk around the world. This report describes the types of resources and strategies available to respond to urgent situations of violence against WHRDs as well as some of the organizations that offer them.