Tag: STOP FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN IRAN
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Committee on the Rights of the Child, Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Committee considered the combined third and fourth periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CRC/C/IRN/3-4) at its 2055th and 2057th meetings (see CRC/C/SR.2055 and 2057), held on 11 and 12 January 2015, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 2104th meeting (see CRC/C/SR.2104), held on 29 January 2016. Download the report here
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Female Genital Mutilation footmark in south of Iran
3.2.2015. Female Genital Mutilation footmark in south of Iran On the occasion of International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we are featuring a background on the practice of FGM in the province of Hormozgan in Southern Iran. Our partner Rayehe Mozafarian who has done a study in that region is reporting about…
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Barbaric ISIS issue sickening fatwa to mutilate genitals of NEWBORN baby girls
THE barbaric Islamic State (ISIS) has issued a fatwa ordering that newborn baby girls horrifically have their genitials mutilated. The terror group ordered that if mothers objected to the female genital mutilation (FGM) for their children they faced being beaten, fined and the operation carried out without consent. According to the ruling by cruel Daesh,…
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Genital Mutilation Among Iranian Women
Circumcision of Women Continues in Six Iranian Provinces Genital Mutilation Among Iranian Women Niusha Saremi Iran is among the countries where female genital mutilation continues to be performed in some geographic regions. Such practices have become accepted as a form of violence against women, acts that sometimes result in death. On Saturday July 11th, Iran’s…