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Our western values are not just a black and white issue - 25 Mar 2008
Irish Independent,Female circumcision is very common in Nigeria, but it is not mandatory, and is usually done at the mother's instigation -- which is unlikely to be the case
AIDS Vaccine Testing on Humans Halted Because of Risk - 25 Mar 2008
Voice of AmericaCircumcision has proven to be quite effective to the tune of about 55 to 65 percent in men in situations who are heterosexually having sex with women.
EGYPT: Comic book translates Martin Luther King's message - 25 Mar 2008
Los Angeles Times,...countries today who have been battling political oppression, corruption, torture, jihadists and abuses against women, including genital circumcision.
Doctors must not allow their beliefs to compromise patient care - 25 Mar 2008
AnaesthesiaUK,The guidance explores how doctors should deal with a range of dilemmas including abortion, the wearing of face-veils and male circumcision.
Circumcision 'the unkindest cut of all' - Mar 24, 2008
Times Online,The language on both sides of the debate about infant male circumcision is not always temperate. Put together new-born boys, their penises, knives and two
Uganda: Isn't Circumcision Barbaric? - Mar 24, 2008
AllAfrica.com,I am not talking female editing just in case you are wondering, I am talking about the vice called circumcision of men. Yes, that arrangement Kagame has
Finally! A Nearly Foolproof Circumcision. - Mar 24, 2008
Discover Magazine,...by Josie Glausiusz The pros and cons of circumcision have fueled a heated debate. Now from the World Health Organization comes evidence that is difficult to
Uganda: The Fight Against Female Circumcision - Mar 21, 2008
AllAfrica.com,FEMALE circumcision or Female Genital Mutilation is not a subject often heard in the corridors of Uganda's Parliament even if there are at least two
Circumcision does not protect men from common STDs - Mar 21, 2008
News-Medical.net,According to new research, though male circumcision protects men from HIV, it does not protect them against other common sexually transmitted infections
We're all living in the 21st century - Mar 23, 2008
East African,The experiment focused not only on finding an alternative to the physical marker of circumcision for young women, but also on the cultural teachings
Circumcision Doesn't Protect Men From STDs - Mar 21, 2008
NewsMax.com,Circumcision does not appear to shield men from the types of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) common in the developed world, according to new research
No-Brainer Syndrome: Using the HPV Vaccine and Male Circumcision ... - Mar 14, 2008
AlterNet,In the battle against HPV and HIV, are male circumcision and vaccinations the best weapons? Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at The
Male Circumcision Does Not Offer Protection Against Some STIs ... - Mar 20, 2008
Kaiser network.org,Although male circumcision has been found to offer men some protection against HIV, the procedure does not protect against other common sexually transmitted
Circumcision Does Not Protect Men from STDs: Study - Mar 20, 2008
ShortNews.com,A study in New Zealand has shown that circumcision does not protect men from the common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) found in the developed world.
In Kenya, a refuge from female circumcision - Mar 12, 2008
Christian Science Monitor,Millicent had her own ideas; she had learned at a recent village workshop about the dangers of female circumcision and early marriage.
A Compromise on Female “Circumcision� - Mar 19, 2008
New York Times Blogs,Dr. Ahmadu, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, has previously published essays on the practice she calls female circumcision.
‘Cut circumcision out of the Aids battle’ - Mar 10, 2008
The Times,Circumcision is a cultural practice and should not be used as a preventative measure in the fight against HIV-Aids, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Monitoring ritual circumcision - Mar 19, 2008
Citizen,Traditional male circumcision is practiced throughout the country in different cultural groups. Initiates often die from complications and under some
UN Backs Push to End Female Circumcision - Feb 27, 2008
The Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ten UN agencies have launched a campaign to significantly reduce female circumcision by 2015 and eradicate the damaging practice
UN wants new push against female circumcision - Feb 27, 2008
Scientific AmericanAn estimated 100 million to 140 million women and girls worldwide are estimated to have undergone genital mutilation, also called female circumcision,
New health boss an activist in Aids and circumcision fields - Mar 12, 2008
The Herald Eastern Cape,Being one of very few female circumcision activists, Chabula-Nxiweni has been slated by some for meddling in a strictly male tradition.
Circumcision Makes History in Odessa, Ukraine - Mar 13, 2008
Chabad.org,...made history for being the first time that more than 80 years that a Ukraine mayor hosted a public celebration on occasion of his son’s circumcision.
MEDICAL SELF-CARE: ALL ABOUT CIRCUMCISION - Mar 10, 2008
Mother Earth News,One of the most ancient of surgical procedures, circumcision is pictured in Egyptian bas-reliefs dating back to 4000 BC Tribal cultures around the world
Circumcision: Are parents cutting out the sign of the covenant? - Mar 7, 2008
Dallas Baptist Standard,Recent legal battles over whether parents can mandate circumcision for their children and new medical findings regarding the relative merits and risks of
Circumcision During First-Term Holidays - Mar 11, 2008
Bru Direct,Parents or guardians who wish to acquire these services for their children can directly contact the officer-in-charge at the Circumcision Unit by calling
NHARCON recommends male circumcision for prevention of HIV infection - Mar 7, 2008
Accra Daily Mail,A three-day second National HIV and AIDS Research Conference (NHARCON), which ended in Accra on Wednesday, recommended that Male Circumcision (MC) be
Ukrainian Boy Follows Circumcision With His Bar Mitzvah - Mar 5, 2008
Chabad.org,By Tamar Runyan Last Wednesday, the 13-year-old boy chose to undergo a ritual circumcision, where he received his Jewish name. Yesterday, he celebrated his
Easter? Oh wake me when it's over - Mar 20, 2008
The Age,Two thousand years and it's still the B team of religious celebrations, just ahead of the Feast of the Circumcision. And ain't that a day when Christians go
ICMR studies circumcision among non-Muslims - Feb 24, 2008
Daily News & Analysis,We are only testing the attitude of men from non-Muslim communities to male circumcision,� says Dr Rukma Idnani, head of gynaecology at Meerut Medical
Circumcision or Mutilation? - Feb 28, 2008
Tehachapi News,The procedure was formerly called "female circumcision", but that term has been largely abandoned for the more politically correct term "female genital
Free eye and circumcision camp at Raozan - Feb 25, 2008
Independent-Bangladesh,A day long eye and circumcision camp was organized at North Guzra School under Raozan in Chittagong on February 21, said a press release.
Should Islam be blamed for 'barbaric' acts? - Mar 10, 2008
Asia Times Online,The website Islam Online has the following to say on the subject: Before delving deep into the question of female circumcision, we would like to make it
Women call for concerted effort to fight genital mutilation - Mar 11, 2008
Daily Nation,Mr Kosi said that the community could later gradually shift from the ‘Suna’ circumcision and stop female circumcision completely.
Doctors' Orders - Mar 16, 2008
Times Online,They must assist a family wanting a male circumcision and ensure that a cremation, if desired, can take place. Doctors must ask a patient about the wearing
Sex on Tuesday - Mar 17, 2008
Daily Californian,The current estimates for circumcision rates in this county range from 55.9 to 79 percent. Pinning down an exact number is difficult.
Doctors are told not to let their personal faith affect the advice ... - Mar 17, 2008
Scotsman,By PETER RANSCOMBE ABORTION, the wearing of veils for reasons of religion and male circumcision are among the topics tackled by new advice from the body
Stop these operations - Mar 5, 2008
Scotsman,Isn't it ironic that as the United Nations launched a campaign to eradicate all types of forced female circumcision, proclaiming it a "violation of the
Danger of toxic fumes cuts into plans for initiation school on PE ... - Mar 17, 2008
The Herald Eastern Cape,Chabula-Nxiweni said challenges to the ritual included a minority of traditional surgeons and nurses who still performed circumcision at illegal initiation
'Asylum' Screening Sparks Debate - Mar 11, 2008
Harvard Crimson,By ELLEN C. BRYSON A documentary film screening sparked a discussion of female circumcision at the Women’s Center last night, with some students condemning
They said it . . . - Mar 15, 2008
The Times,...“What irks me about genital surgery is that it gets compared to ritual circumcision. The genitals seem to be sacrosanct. You don’t dabble with them,
The No-Brainer Syndrome - Mar 4, 2008
RH Reality Check,In 2007 the World Health Organization announced that it was recommending male circumcision "as an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention.
Need to uproot FGM from Ghana - Mar 15, 2008
Joy Online,Male circumcision is performed to remove the foreskin covering of the penis by way of preventing it from trapping filth and germs and to help in the passage
The Story of an Orthodox Jew - Mar 18, 2008
PoliGazette,Of course, Islam doesn’t have “female circumcision� either, nor does it have “the veil.� What she probably means by saying that is that in certain Muslim
Missing model-turned-activist found alive in Brussels - Mar 7, 2008
AFPShe was also due to take part in a conference in Brussels on Saturday, International Women's Day, on female circumcision. Dirie was attacked in her home in
Castrated Turkey – some Freudian problems - Mar 7, 2008
Turkish Daily News (subscription),Circumcision is seen as a ceremony for transition from boyhood to manhood. However, how is it perceived by the unconscious mind of a child?
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report - Feb 26, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Health authorities in Rwanda are planning to launch a nationwide campaign this year aimed at addressing myths about male circumcision and encouraging men to
Christian Science Monitor Examines Efforts To End Genital Cutting ... - Mar 17, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),And then if you can use a role model ... who has not undergone circumcision, then people can say, 'Wow, she's normal'" (Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor
Weapons of the weak - Mar 1, 2008
Jakarta Post,For example, the religious ritual of female circumcision demonstrates how hegemony co-opts opposition. Female circumcision is supported by many women
Pioneering model found dead in Seine - Feb 29, 2008
Guardian,She launched KPLCE - Katoucha pour la Lutte Contre L'Excision (Katoucha for the Fight Against Circumcision). She travelled in west Africa to campaign
World news briefs: Missile strike on suspected Taliban safe house ... - Feb 28, 2008
Kansas City Star,UNITED NATIONS | Ten UN agencies have launched a campaign to significantly reduce female circumcision by 2015 and eradicate the practice within a generation
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