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Kenya
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Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM

afrol News, 21 July - Health experts and rights activists have pleaded with Kenyan doctors and nurses to halt female genital mutilation in their clinics, saying performing the cut was making it more acceptable in communities.

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Uganda
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Uganda moves to ban FGM

afrol News, 9 July - The Ugandan parliament will pass a law banning female genital mutilation (FGM), President Yoweri Museveni has announced.

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Nigeria
Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights | Gender - Women | Health
10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria

afrol News, 26 June - More than 10, 000 Nigerian girls held captive as sex slaves in Morocco and Libya are to be repatriated, the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has revealed in a statement.

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Southern Africa
Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Society | Gender - Women
Regional action plan to combat human trafficking adopted

afrol News, 29 May - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) ministers responsible for combating trafficking in persons have adopted a ten-year Regional Strategic Plan of Action, aimed at increased cooperation and adoption of national policies that will help curb the practice.

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Egypt
Gender - Women | Society
Egypt heads intl fight to end FGM

afrol News, 8 December - After Egypt earlier this year legislated a ban against female genital mutilation (FGM), authorities are now spearheading works to fight FGM at an international level as well. First Lady Suzanne Mubarak next weekend will open a Cairo conference on the issue.

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» 28.11.2008 - UN rights agency calls for action in eastern DRC
» 28.10.2008 - Egypt's 1st Lady targets female genital mutilation
» 22.07.2008 - Kenyan students charged for inciting violence
» 12.06.2008 - FGM reason to get asylum in US
» 09.06.2008 - Egypt lawmakers ban FGM
» 06.06.2008 - Parents detained over daughters' FGM in Gambia
» 13.05.2008 - Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
» 07.04.2008 - Niger sued over slavery laws
» 03.04.2008 - UN details Liberia violations
» 03.03.2008 - 'Eliminate harmful cultural practices'
» 05.02.2008 - Renewed fight against FGM
» 20.12.2007 - Marriage scourge exposed
» 25.10.2007 - Sudan benefits gender education
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 30.08.2007 - MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
» 26.06.2007 - Somaliland now centre for illegal female cutting
» 11.06.2007 - Safe abortions may soon be legal in Mozambique
» 07.05.2007 - Gambian circumcisors publicly abandon knives
» 05.04.2007 - Eritrea criminalises FGM
» 26.02.2007 - FGM, circumcision "likely to spread HIV"
» 13.02.2007 - Slow progress stopping FGM in Mali
» 02.11.2006 - Ethiopian women reject genital cutting (FGM)
» 15.09.2006 - Guinea-Bissau to ban female genital mutilation
» 06.09.2006 - Ghana MPs want tougher penalties for female genital cutting
» 02.06.2006 - "Female genital mutilation increases babies' mortality"
» 09.11.2005 - Islam united to stop female genital mutilation
» 31.05.2005 - Half of Nigeria's women experience domestic violence
» 17.03.2005 - Female genital mutilation a vote-winner in Sierra Leone
» 15.11.2004 - Female mutilation Benin's main human rights problem
» 03.09.2004 - Little progress in fighting slavery, FGM in Mauritania
» 15.06.2004 - FGM in Mali connected to pre-Islamic traditions
» 11.02.2004 - Nigerian govt wants debate on female genital mutilation
» 10.02.2004 - Nigeria adopts anti-Female Genital Mutilation day
» 07.06.2003 - Villagers join campaigns against female genital mutilation
» 30.04.2003 - Zambian govt responds to sexual abuse report
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