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PRINTABLE PAGE Thousands of Girls Reportedly Circumcised Each Day Originally published by Reuters Health, March 8, 2002 LONDON — About 6000 girls a day undergo circumcision, often willingly, and up to 115 million African women have already had it done,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Safe Haven Opens for Women in Kenya By Matthew J. Rosenberg, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, April 9, 2002 In the heart of Kenya, Mary Solio found refuge from a forced marriage but not from…
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PRINTABLE PAGE SJC: Foreign Nationals’ Parental Rights Can Be Ended Originally published by The Associated Press, May 4, 2002 BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Judicial Court, ruling on a case of child genital mutilation, said the state can strip foreign…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Couple Charged With Genital Mutilation of Girl, 13 Police are afraid other cases may be going undetected Originally published in The Toronto Star, February 14, 2002 ST. CATHARINES — The parents of a 13-year-old St. Catharines girl have…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ghana Woman Sentenced in Circumcisions Originally published by The Associated Press, January 27, 2004 ACCRA, Ghana — A judge in northern Ghana has sentenced a 70-year-old woman to five years in prison for violating a ban on circumcising…