Burkina Faso: ‘Catholic church blocks opening of hospital for FGM victims’

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – An international non-profit organization, Clitoraid, has alleged that pressure from the Catholic Church and other detractors of the International Raelian Movement (IRM) forced the Burkinabe government to block the March 7, opening of its clitoral repair … Read More

Mali: 45 villages to give up female genital mutilation

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[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Forty-five Malian villages have given up female genital mutilation (FGM) under a convention signed on Friday in Bamako by the leaders of these villages and the Malian Minister for the Promotion of Family, … Read More

Female Genital Mutilation to become offence in Cameroon

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Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa Yaoundé, Cameroun (PANA) – Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will be considered an offence in Cameroon, under the country’s penal code currently under review, according to the Cameroonian Minister for Women and Family Promotion, Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa. Speaking … Read More