Category: Middle East
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we will have meetings with scholars on circumcision of girls
After announcing numerous reports through various associations and publishing materials, finally one of the provincial governors of Hormozgan was well informed: Director General of the Office of Social and Cultural Affairs of Hormozgan Governorate has stated that we will have meetings with scholars on circumcision of girls. Director General of the Office of Social and…
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Sexual Function, Mental Well-being and Quality of Life among Kurdish Circumcised Women in Iran
Farzaneh DANESHKHAH 1, *Hamid ALLAHVERDIPOUR 1, 2, Leila JAHANGIRI 1, Tatiana ANDREEVA 3 of Health Education & Promotion, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Clinical Psychiatry Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran School of Public Health, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kiev, Ukraine Abstract Background: Female genital mutilation is an intentional…
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How a religious ruling seems to have stopped FGM in the 1950s in Ahwaz, Iran
Two new studies shed more light on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Middle East. For the first time, a study explores whether FGM is practiced in Syria – and comes to the conclusion that no evidence of its existence can be found. Another study explores the history of FGM in the…
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Survey: Majority of religious leaders pro FGM in Kermansheh, Iran
A recent survey among Sunni religous scholars in the Iranian province of Kermansheh shows that a majority of them (67%) believe that “female circumcision” is religiously obligatory or at least recommended for girls and women. In this province in the West of Iran, female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced by Sunni Kurds who adhere to…
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what did Iranian Activists do during these years against FGM?
FGM in Iran Specific report of Stop FGM in Iran This introduction sets out the context of FGM in the Islamic Republic of Iran and is included to enable a comparison to be drawn between the Indonesian FGM landscape and that in Iran. In Iran, women who undergo FGM – often called Khatne or Sonat…
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Annual Report 2015 out
Read in our annual report 2015 about our networking and advocacy work last year and the many activities taking place in Iran. https://www.fgm.rayehe.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Final-Narrative-Report-Stop-FGM-Mideast-Oct-2015_public.pdf
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New Study from Iran: Female Genital Mutilation Impedes Men’s Well-BeingNew Study from Iran: Female Genital Mutilation Impedes Men’s Well-Being
A new study about psychological and psycho-physical consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran found that FGM has negative effects for both wife and husband. The study “Couples Victim of FGM” brings a new aspect into the discussion about consequences of FGM because men have so far not been an object of empirical research…