November 19, 2023. New York, USA |In a surprising turn of events, singer Casandra Ventura, known by her stage name Cassie, has reached a settlement with musician and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs, just one day…
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November 09, 2023. NAIROBI, Kenya | Two court in Kenya and the United States have awarded sole physical custody of a one-year-and-ten-months-old boy to his father, Mr. Imani Manyara. This custody battle ended with Mr….
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![Boko Mohammed, a former excisor (a practitioner who performs FGM/C), holds the tool she used to perform the procedure at a community meeting in Kabele Village, in Amibara District, Afar Region. Boko no longer performs FGM/C. The meeting was organized by the Rohi-Weddu Pastoral Women Development Organization. UNICEF staff members are also in attendance. [#1 IN SEQUENCE OF EIGHT] In November 2009 in Ethiopia, the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) continues to decline as local communities, government authorities and international agencies encourage communities to abandon harmful practices. An estimated three million girls in Africa still undergo FGM/C each year, a procedure that can cause infection, chronic pain, complications during pregnancy and delivery, and increased rates of neonatal mortality. But holistic development initiatives that engage local communities, including leaders and women, are making a difference. Such programmes focus on health issues including HIV/AIDS, family planning and harmful traditional practices, while offering a forum for community members to find solutions to common problems. Grounded in human rights principles, respect for participants’ culture and views, and recognition that genuine change takes time, these programmes have led to increased rejection of FGM/C and other harmful practices. Ethiopia has one of the highest FGM/C prevalence rates in the world, but community dialogues have enabled 70 districts to enforce laws criminalizing the procedure, and four of the country’s districts have pledged to abandon it entirely. Nevertheless, the practice remains widespread, particularly in regions that practice infibulation, the most severe form of FGM/C. UNICEF, with the support of the European Commission, is partnering with local NGOs such as the Rohi-Weddu Pastoral Women Development Organization. Rohi-Weddu, which means ‘life saving’ in the Afarigna language, conducts community dialogues about harmful social practices and promotes education and training for women in the Afar Region. UNICEF also supports the Ethiopian Nurse Midwife Association and the Health Extension Workers, who are integrating the abandonment of FGM/C into existing maternal-child health clinics and programmes. Globally, human-rights-based development methodologies with social-change perspectives are helping communities abandon a variety of practices harmful to girls and women, including child marriage, domestic violence and impediments to girls’ education.](https://juralmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FGM-600x400.jpg "UK Court Convicts Woman of Involvement in Landmark FGM Case")
31st October 2023 London, | A UK court has convicted a woman of her role in female genital mutilation (FGM) involving a British toddler during a trip to Kenya 17 years ago. Amina Noor, a…
October 25, 2023 PAVIA, Italy, | A 75-year-old Italian mother from the city of Pavia has successfully won a court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42, who had been residing in…
October 24, 2023. WASHINGTON, D.C. | Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for ex-U.S. President Donald Trump, has tearfully pleaded guilty to a single felony count in the ongoing criminal racketeering case surrounding baseless claims of…
October 20, 2023 Atlanta, GA | Former lawyer of Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, has entered a guilty plea on six charges related to her involvement in the Georgia election interference case. This significant development comes…
