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female genital mutilation

News Reports

Allahabad HC upholds conviction of Kanpur man Ishrat who had mutilated private parts of a 4-year-old girl 34 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
Irshat was arrested in December 1988 and charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 324 and 354 for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl
Specials

The Burqa over barbarism and trauma: Millions of Muslim women at risk due to Female Genital Mutilation, no Islamic organisation protests for their rights

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Somali Muslim women narrate how their genitalia were sewed shut when they were young as part of FGM
World

Muslim doctor charged with female genital mutilation of nine minor girls, lied to FBI: Read what the US Federal authorities said

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim doctor in the United States reportedly traveled across the country to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) as a part of religious customs followed by the Islamic sect of Dawoodi Bohras
World

Australia: Two women arrested, face up to 10 years in jail for planning genital mutilation of a two-week-old baby girl

OpIndia Staff -
The woman had requested a doctor to perform the genital mutilation who refused and reported the matter to authorities.
Opinions

On Women’s day, can we please make child marriage illegal among India’s minority community?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Could we please make child marriage illegal in India? In fact, could we do it today?
News Reports

Germany witnesses an increase in cases of female genital mutilation, migrant influx from the Middle East and Africa being seen as a reason

OpIndia Staff -
A study found that cases of female genital mutilation in Germany went up by 40% last compared to 2016
Opinions

Triple talaq to child marriage: All the crimes against ‘Bilkis’ that Indian liberals would have supported

Abhishek Banerjee -
‘Bilkis’ could be any face in the crowd. In India, ‘Bilkis’ could come in many forms. But Indian liberals love just one of them.
Crime

Egypt: 12-year-old girl dies after forced ‘khatna’, parents and retired doctor who illegally performed surgery detained

OpIndia Staff -
Modi govt has sought complete ban on practice maintaining that no girl child should undergo such trauma
Law

Ram Janambhoomi and female genital mutilation among key cases to be heard by CJI before retirement

Jhankar Mohta -
Dipak Misra hands over his responsibilities to the incoming CJI, justice Ranjan Gogoi on 3rd October 2018
News Reports

Congress’ Abhishek Singhvi defends Female Genital Mutilation as ‘religious practice’, govt and petitioner seek ban

Sanghamitra -
The government of India has sought a complete ban on the practice of female genital mutilation
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