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		<title>Senegal to become first African country to fully abandon FGM</title>
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More Communities in Senegal Disavow Female Genital 
Mutilation and Cutting


PATA, Senegal &#8212; As Senegal edges closer to becoming the first African  country to fully abandon female genital mutilation/cutting, younger  women are supporting campaigns to change social norms surrounding the  practice.
In Pata, a village in the Kolda region of southeastern Senegal near the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/senegal-to-become-first-african-country-to-fully-abandon-fgm-2/</link>
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		<title>Puntland (Somalia) enacted law against FGM</title>
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Puntland takes stand against Female Genital Mutilation
 “An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In Africa an estimated 92 million girls 10 and older have undergone FGM. FGM is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/puntland-somalia-enacts-law-against-fgm/</link>
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		<title>FGM influences Psychological Health of Girls</title>
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Research highlights Psychological Trauma of FGM/C





14/01/2012 &#8211; A new study out of Iraq finds evidence to support the suspicion that girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting are prone to mental disorders and psychological trauma.






The study shows what many psychologists have long suspected but had little research to confirm: girls who have undergone (FGM/C) are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/fgm-influences-psychological-health-of-girls/</link>
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		<title>First Conference on FGM in Middle East is taking place in Beirut</title>
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FGM not merely an African problem; high rates in the Middle East
BEIRUT, 18 JANUARY 2012, The first conference ever on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Middle East is currently taking place in Beirut, Lebanon, with participants from Iraqi Kurdistan, Central Iraq and Yemen with input from experts from Indonesia and Egypt. The groundbreaking event, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/first-conference-on-fgm-in-middle-east-is-taking-place-in-beirut/</link>
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		<title>Girls and women in New Zealand ´at risk´to undergo FGM</title>
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Read the story as published by New Zealand online magazine:
Migrant girls &#8216;at risk&#8217; of mutilation
An international study says &#8220;a  growing number&#8221; of girls and  young  women living in immigrant  communities in New Zealand are  at risk of  genital mutilation.
The practice &#8211; which involves  the partial or complete removal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/girls-and-women-in-new-zealand-%c2%b4at-risk%c2%b4to-undergo-fgm/</link>
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		<title>Exclusive eyewitness report on FGM in Indonesia, a story by Isabella Humphrey</title>
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Here you can read the story about FGM from Isabella Humphrey from her current travels in Indonesia:
http://warisdirie.wordpress.com/category/announcements-and-news/
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		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/muslim-tradition-he-said-a-story-by-isabella-humphrey/</link>
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		<title>My personal look back on the year 2011</title>
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First of all, I would like to thank all supporters of the Desert Flower Foundation and my Team. In 2011, we received a total of 11.249 emails, more than ever before. Victims of FGM, girls threatened by FGM, but also many many people offering their support and wanting to help contacted us this year.
The Desert [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/waris-looks-back-2011/</link>
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		<title>Little awareness on FGM in Pakistan</title>
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Medical students in Pakistan learn about the prevalence of FGM in their own country, a practice many of them did not know was practiced around them.
“Recently, we examined a woman who complained of pain in her genital region. We were shocked to see when we examined her that she had suffered some mutilation of her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/little-awareness-on-fgm-in-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>Interview from Waris Dirie with Jornal O Tempo / Internacional</title>
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Please find enclosed the interview from Waris Dirie with the Brazilian Newspaper JORNAL O TEMPO / INTERNACIONAL published on their „SPECIAL 15th-YEAR EDITION“ and at their online magazine:
http://www.otempo.com.br/noticias/ultimas/?IdNoticia=188388,OTE&#38;busca=waris&#38;pagina=1
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		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/interview-from-waris-dirie-with-jornal-o-tempo-internacional/</link>
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		<title>FGM is still big in Kenya!</title>
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FGM is still big in Kenya!
Please read the following stories.
Article 1:
Hundreds of girls are believed to have crossed over to neighbouring Tanzania for fear of being forced to undergo FGM.
Article 2:
Pokot Girls being circumcised secretly.
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		<link>http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/fgm-is-still-big-in-kenya/</link>
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