Scoping Report Executive Summary

Description As an informal network prior to its official launch, the U.S. End FGM/C Network embarked on a scoping effort to assess how it...

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U.S. Foreign Policy Can and Should Address Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C)

Description This report highlights the causes and consequences of FGM/C as well as action steps and recommendations for the U.S. Government to help eradicate...

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Statement on Falsely Equating Gender-Affirming Health Care and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Description The U.S. FGM/C Network and the Tahirih Justice Center released a joint statement condeming recent legislation that links FGM/C with gender-affirming health care....

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Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C) Outreach Strategy

Description The U.S. Department of Homeland Security outlines their outreach strategy for addressing FGM/C in the U.S. Author Department of Homeland Security Resource Type...

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FBI Reaching Out About Female Genital Mutilation

Description The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation provides information about FGMC in the U.S. in addition to resources for anyone who has information about...

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Map of U.S. State Laws

Description An interactive map of all of the current laws against FGMC in the U.S. Author Equality Now Resource Type US Based Resources Geographical...

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F.A. Cole shares her personal FGM story

Description F.A. Cole shares her story of undergoing FGMC at the age of 11 and her experience of having clitoral restorative surgery done. Author...

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UNDERGROUND: Risk of FGM Increasing for Women in the U.S., says CDC

Description Mariya Taher publicly shares her experience undergoing FGMC and the need for anti-FGMC legislation is highlighted. Author Olivia Smith, ABC News Resource Type...

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In the words of Jaha Dukureh We are at a tipping point in the movement to end FGM

Dr. A. Renee Bergstrom shares her experience of undergoing FGM/C in 1947 at a Christian church clinic in the U.S. as a treatment for...

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FGM happened to me in white, midwest America

Description Dr. A. Renee Bergstrom shares her experience of undergoing FGM/C in 1947 at a Christian church clinic in the U.S. as a treatment...

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