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21 November 2017 - NPWJ News Digest on FGM & women's rights
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Dawoodi Bohra women write to PM Narendra Modi against Female Genital Mutilation
The Indian Express , 21 Nov 2017
Several women from the Dawoodi Bohra community have come together to launch a campaign this week seeking Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s intervention to declare Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) illegal.
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HAPPENING TO AN ALARMING NUMBER OF U.S. GIRLS
Newsweek , 21 Nov 2017
It’s estimated more than 500,000 women and girls in the U.S. are either victims of female genital mutilation or are at risk of being subjected to it. ICE is teaming up with Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI's International Human Rights Unit and the Department of Justice's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section to combat the crime, which is up threefold since 1990, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Philippines Lifts Ban on 51 Contraceptives
By Human Rights Watch, 20 Nov 2017
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has effectively lifted a supreme court order in 2015 temporarily banning 51 female hormonal contraceptive products by determining that they do not induce abortion.
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North Korea’s women being subjected to rape, violence and malnutrition, UN warns
By The Independent, 20 Nov 2017
North Korean women are deprived of education and job opportunities and are often subjected to violence at home and sexual assault in the workplace, a United Nations (UN) human rights panel said on Monday. After a regular review of Pyongyang's record, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women voiced concern at rape or mistreatment of women in detention especially those repatriated after fleeing abroad.