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68 Million Girls Vulnerable to Genital Mutilation by 2030: WHO 2019-02-07 06:40:57
About 68 million girls are vulnerable to becoming victims of the female genital mutilation by 2030 if the practice continues at its current pace in countries where it is widespread, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On the International...
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Read MoreConnecticut Renews Push to Ban Female Genital Mutilation 2019-02-05 13:13:25
The lawmakers in Connecticut are considering legislation that would ban female genital mutilation. The General Assembly’s Public Health Committee heard testimony on Monday on one of the various bills proposed this session prohibiting the procedure called female circumcision or cutting....
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Read MoreEndless Cases of Sexual Assault, Abuses Make India One of the Unsafe Countries for Solo Women Travelers 2019-07-18 05:04:06
The rise of sexual assault and abuses against women in India is surely making each one’s blood run cold. According to the latest study - Women's Danger Index, undertaken by two bloggers, India ranks 9th in the list of most...
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Read MoreAyodhya Dispute: SC Declines to Refer to Five-Judge Bench 2018-09-27 11:06:53
In one of India's longest-running and most politically polarizing court cases - the Ayodhya dispute - has got into a crucial stage on Thursday. A three-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices Ashok Bhushan and...
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Read MoreIndian-Origin Doctor Denies Role in Genital Mutilation 2017-04-20 07:03:20
Jumana Nagarwala the Indian-origin doctor, who was chaarged with performing genital mutilation on two minor girls, has denied all the allegations against her, she said that she merely performed a religious ritual for families of an Islamic sect. The 44-year-old doctor...
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Read MoreU.S. Judge Drops Genital Mutilation Charges Against Indian-Origin Doctor 2018-11-26 04:53:17
In a major blow to the federal government, the United States District Judge Bernard Friedman has dropped almost all the charges against an Indian-origin doctor accused of carrying out female genital mutilation on at least nine juvenile girls by ruling that...
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