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		<title>Doctor accused for FGM death released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The doctor Aslan Fadl, accused for the death of the 13-year-old girl Suhair Mohammad Al Bata&#8217;e. She died when he performed Female Genitale Mutilation on her. He has been relseased thursday evening by prosecutors pending further investigations. The doctor himself claims that the illegal operation was at the request of the family and also a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2143&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The doctor Aslan Fadl, accused for the death of the 13-year-old girl Suhair Mohammad Al Bata&#8217;e. She died when he performed Female Genitale Mutilation on her. He has been relseased thursday evening by prosecutors pending further investigations. The doctor himself claims that the illegal operation was at the request of the family and also a succesful one whilst the girl did not suffer any bleeding. Fadl deny accusations of negligence leading to her death. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics reported yesterday that 75% of Egyptian FGM cases are performed by medical staff even it is illegal. As the prevalance rate of FGM is 91% in Egypt it seems to be a big business too.</p>
<p>The procedure was subsequenlty declared illegal in 2008, and doctors and nurses in Egypt have been banned from preforming procedures involving FGM since 2007. Penalties for engaging in the practice are between three months and two years in prison and in fines.</p>
<p>Source:  <a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egypt-doctor-accused-of-female-genital-mutilation-death-is-released-1.1196603">http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egypt-doctor-accused-of-female-genital-mutilation-death-is-released-1.1196603</a></p>
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		<title>Ägyptischer FGM Arzt freigelassen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Der ägyptische Arzt, Aslan Fadl, der beschuldigt wird, den Tod der 13 jährigen Suhair Al Bata&#8217;e während einer Genitalverstümmelung verursacht zu haben, wurde gestern von den Behörden aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Die Behörden wollen weiter untersuchen. Der Arzt verteidigte sich, dass er diesen illegalen Eingriff auf Wunsch der Eltern durchgeführt hätte und dieser erfolgreich gewesen [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2141&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Der ägyptische Arzt, Aslan Fadl, der beschuldigt wird, den Tod der 13 jährigen Suhair Al Bata&#8217;e während einer Genitalverstümmelung verursacht zu haben, wurde gestern von den Behörden aus dem Gefängnis entlassen.</p>
<p>Die Behörden wollen weiter untersuchen. Der Arzt verteidigte sich, dass er diesen illegalen Eingriff auf Wunsch der Eltern durchgeführt hätte und dieser erfolgreich gewesen wäre, da das Mädchen nicht an Blutungen verstorben sei.</p>
<p>Er verteidigte sich, dass er keine Fehler gemacht hätte. Die internationale Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie berichtete gestern, dass 75% aller FGM Eingriffe in Ägypten von medizinischem Personal durchgeführt werden, obwohl dies eigentlich per Gesetz seit 2008 verboten ist und mit harten Strafen geahndet werden sollte.</p>
<p>Da 91% der ägyptischen Frauen genitalverstümmelt sind, scheint es sich hier auch um ein großes Geschäft für Ärzte zu handeln.</p>
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		<title>Suahir al Bata’a ein Symbol für Grausamkeit und Hoffnung</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suhair al Bata’a, ein 13 jähriges Mädchen starb am vergangenen Donnerstag nach einer Genitalverstümmelung in Kairo, Ägypten. Der Chirurg, der Suhair verstümmelte, hatte bereits vor 2 Jahren ihre Schwester verstümmelt. Während er das kleine Mädchen in seiner Klinik zerstörte, verstümmelte er gleichzeitig drei weitere Mädchen. Suhairs Vater sagte:” Ich habe gehofft, dass meine Tochter so [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2136&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://warisdirie.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/13-year-old-dies-fgm.jpg"><img src="http://warisdirie.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/13-year-old-dies-fgm.jpg?w=300&#038;h=168" alt="13 year old dies FGM" width="300" height="168" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2134" /></a>Suhair al Bata’a, ein 13 jähriges Mädchen starb am vergangenen Donnerstag nach einer Genitalverstümmelung in Kairo, Ägypten. Der Chirurg, der Suhair verstümmelte, hatte bereits vor 2 Jahren ihre Schwester verstümmelt. Während er das kleine Mädchen in seiner Klinik zerstörte, verstümmelte er gleichzeitig drei weitere Mädchen. Suhairs Vater sagte:” Ich habe gehofft, dass meine Tochter so wie die drei anderen Mädchen wieder aufwachen würde, aber das ist sie nicht.</p>
<p>Die Polizei ordnete eine Autopsie an, ein Polizeiarzt vermutete, dass das Mädchen an Schock und einen Kreislaufkollaps verstorben ist.</p>
<p>Seit 1996 gibt es ein Gesetz gegen FGM in Ägypten aber immer noch lassen viele Familien ihre Töchter beschneiden. 91 % der Frauen über 15 Jahre sind laut UN beschnitten. Regierungsvertreter und Religionsführer der neuen Ägyptischen Regierung bekämpfen das Gesetz gegen FGM und machen dafür sogar Werbung. Es ist verantwortungslos wenn Leute mit politischer oder religiöser Macht, weibliche Genitalverstümmelung bewerben und in Kauf nehmen, das diese Mädchen lebenslang leiden werden und sogar den Tod der Mädchen in Kauf nehmen. Wir hoffen, dass Suahir al Bata’as Tod nicht umsonst war und die Politiker und Religionsführer an der Macht nachdenken lässt warum ein Gesetz gegen FGM abgesetzt werden soll.</p>
<p>Ihr Bild muss das Symbol werden wie sinnlos und grausam FGM ist und die Menschen daran erinnern, dass millionen Mädchen davon bedroht sind.</p>
<p>Quelle: Al Arabiya</p>
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		<title>Suhair al Bata’a symbol of cruelty and of hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suhair al Bata’a, a 13-year-old girl died of female genital mutilation in Cairo, Egypt last thursday. The doctor who mutilated Suhair al-Bata’a had previously mutilated the victim﻿’s elder sister two years ago. Raslan Fadl, the surgeon who destroyed Suhair mutilated her along three other girls her father tells, ” I was hoping that my daughter [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=1881&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://warisdirie.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/13-year-old-dies-fgm.jpg"><img src="http://warisdirie.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/13-year-old-dies-fgm.jpg?w=300&#038;h=168" alt="13 year old dies FGM" width="300" height="168" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2134" /></a>Suhair al Bata’a, a 13-year-old girl died of female genital mutilation in Cairo, Egypt last thursday. The doctor who mutilated Suhair al-Bata’a had previously mutilated the victim﻿’s elder sister two years ago. Raslan Fadl, the surgeon who destroyed Suhair mutilated her along three other girls her father tells, ” I was hoping that my daughter would wake up but unfortunately unlike the rest of the girls she did not”.</p>
<p>A health inspector report explained the cause of the death was due to “a sharp drop in blood pressure resulting from shock trauma”.</p>
<p>In 1996, Egypt crimimalized FGM; however many famlies still bring their daughters to be illegally circumcised.</p>
<p>Officials of the new egyptian goverment and religious leaders repromote this crime and are fighting the law against FGM. It is very sad when people with political or religious power promote FGM even they know that is causes life long pain and even death of young girls. Suhair al Bata’a death was for no reason and we hope that people with influence and power reconsider their demand of legalizing FGM in Egypt. Her picture below should be seen as a symbol of FGM cruelty and of hope to eridicate this crime by reminding people that millions of girls still undergo this terrible crime. Lets take action!<br />
Source: Al Arabiya ﻿﻿ ﻿﻿﻿</p>
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		<title>Waris Dirie in St. Stephens Cathedral Vienna</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Austrian Light artist Victoria Coeln presents Waris Dirie and 7 other powerful women. Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize laureatus in Literature, Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, Hildegard von Bingen, Angela Krauss und Rosa Luxemburg. Visitors are guided through the Via Activa, a path to 7 places, each temporarily “inhabited” by a different female author. Victoria Coeln [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2131&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Austrian Light artist Victoria Coeln presents Waris Dirie and 7 other powerful women. Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize laureatus in Literature, Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, Hildegard von Bingen, Angela Krauss und Rosa Luxemburg. Visitors are guided through the Via Activa, a path to 7 places, each temporarily “inhabited” by a different female author. Victoria Coeln creates a spectacular sea of colors and lights at the Viennese St. Stephens Cathedral.</p>
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		<title>Waris Dirie im Stephansdom Wien</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Die österreichische Lichtkünstlerin Victoria Coeln präsentiert Waris Dirie und 7 weitere starke Frauen, wie Literatur-Nobelpreisträgerin Elfriede Jelinek, Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, Hildegard von Bingen, Angela Krauss und Rosa Luxemburg. Geleitet werden die Besucher auf der Via Activa zu 7 aktiven Orten wo jeweils eine Autorin temporär beheimatet ist. Victoria Coeln schafft im Wiener Stephansdom ein [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2125&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Die österreichische Lichtkünstlerin Victoria Coeln präsentiert Waris Dirie und 7 weitere starke Frauen, wie Literatur-Nobelpreisträgerin Elfriede Jelinek, Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, Hildegard von Bingen, Angela Krauss und Rosa Luxemburg. Geleitet werden die Besucher auf der Via Activa zu 7 aktiven Orten wo jeweils eine Autorin temporär beheimatet ist. Victoria Coeln schafft im Wiener Stephansdom ein spektakuläres Farb- und Lichtermeer.</p>
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		<title>Thousands of girls flee homes for fear of FGM</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of girls flee homes for fear of FGM Every year, thousands of girls flee mass mutilations in Africa. We have reports from Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Kenya. Most of the girls are aged between 3 and 12 years and are hidden by older sisters to protect them from FGM. In Uganda, more than [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2122&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Thousands of girls flee homes for fear of FGM</strong></p>
<p>Every year, thousands of girls flee mass mutilations in Africa. We have reports from Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Kenya.</p>
<p>Most of the girls are aged between 3 and 12 years and are hidden by older sisters to protect them from FGM.</p>
<p>In Uganda, more than 400 girls fled in the last few weeks. During Christmas season, thousands of girls in Kenya and Tanzania flee from their villages as this brutal ritual is practiced during that time of the year.</p>
<p>Recently, a 17-year-old girl in Sierra Leone fled from the brutal <em>Bondo Society</em>, a women’s society who tried to initiate her to their “religious group” who promote FGM. The girl fled to the principal of her school. He had to call the police as some women of the <em>Bondo society</em> attacked his home, holding sticks and other weapons. The girl escaped and went into hiding. UNICEF estimates that in Sierra Leone 85-98% of the girls and women are affected by FGM.</p>
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		<title>Tausende Mädchen in Afrika fliehen jährlich vor FGM</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laut vorliegenden Berichten fliehen Jährlich tausende Mädchen vor Massenbeschneidungen in Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tansania und Kenia sowie weiteren Teilen Afrikas. Die meisten Mädchen sind im Alter zwischen 3 und 12 Jahren und werden meist von älteren Geschwistern versteckt, um sie vor der drohenden Genitalverstümmelung zu beschützen. Alleine in Uganda sind in den letzten Wochen über [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2119&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laut vorliegenden Berichten fliehen Jährlich tausende Mädchen vor Massenbeschneidungen in Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tansania und Kenia sowie weiteren Teilen Afrikas.</p>
<p>Die meisten Mädchen sind im Alter zwischen 3 und 12 Jahren und werden meist von älteren Geschwistern versteckt, um sie vor der drohenden Genitalverstümmelung zu beschützen.</p>
<p>Alleine in Uganda sind in den letzten Wochen über 400 Mädchen vor FGM geflüchtet. In Kenia und Tansania flüchten tausende Mädchen jedes Jahr in der Vorweihnachtszeit, in der das Ritual meistens in ihren Dörfern durchgeführt wird, um dieser brutalen Praxis zu entkommen.</p>
<p>Erst kürzlich ist ein 17-jähriges Mädchen in Sierra Leone vor der</p>
<p>als besonders brutal geltenden Frauensekte, der Bondo Society, geflüchtet. Diese ist bekannt dafür, FGM gewaltsam zu praktizieren. Das Mädchen fand bei ihrem Schuldirektor Unterschlupf, bis die Frauen der Bondo Society die Wohnung des Schuldirektors mit Stöcken und Waffen stürmten und dieser die Polizei rief. Das Mädchen hält sich nun an einem unbekannten Ort auf. Laut Schätzung der UNICEF im Jahr 2010 sind in Sierra Leone 85-98% der Frauen von Genitalverstümmelung betroffen.</p>
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		<title>Female Genital Mutilation Victim: Teacher ignored her cry for help</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nimko Ali was seven when she was taken to Somalia for a holiday where she underwent FGM, according to Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html). As she told her teacher about what happened, her teacher responded: “That´s nice dear. A bit like Bar Mitzvah,” the Jewish ritual of circumcision. Since Nimko got public as she co-founded the organization [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2115&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nimko Ali was seven when she was taken to Somalia for a holiday where she underwent FGM, according to Mail Online (<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html</a>). As she told her teacher about what happened, her teacher responded: “That´s nice dear. A bit like Bar Mitzvah,” the Jewish ritual of circumcision.</p>
<p>Since Nimko got public as she co-founded the organization “Daughters of Eve” (<a href="http://www.dofeve.org/">www.dofeve.org</a>), she receives attacks and even death threats. According to unsubstantiated reports a man had offered a hitman GBP 500 to murder her.</p>
<p>Although FGM is illegal in the UK 66.000 women of the African communities are dealing with the after-effects and more than 20.000 young girls are thought to be at risk. “I want to help them all and let them know that they are not alone”, Nimko says.</p>
<p>Source: Mail Online <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2320665/Female-Genital-Mutilation-cultural-violence-66-000-women-UK-live-effects-FGM-victim-Nimko-Ali-hits-PC-society-ignored-pain.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2320665/Female-Genital-Mutilation-cultural-violence-66-000-women-UK-live-effects-FGM-victim-Nimko-Ali-hits-PC-society-ignored-pain.html</a></p>
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		<title>Junge Britin beschnitten: Lehrer ignoriert ihren Hilferuf</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Als Nimko Ali 7 Jahre alt war, wurde sie nach Somalia auf “Urlaub“ geschickt und wurde dort Opfer von weiblicher Genitalverstümmelung, wie Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html) berichtete. Bei ihrer Rückkehr suchte sie Hilfe bei Erwachsenen und vertraute sich einer Lehrkraft an. Die schockierende Antwort: „Das ist sehr nett, Liebes. Klingt ein bisschen wie eine Bar Mitzvah“ [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warisdirie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13616866&#038;post=2108&#038;subd=warisdirie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Als Nimko Ali 7 Jahre alt war, wurde sie nach Somalia auf “Urlaub“ geschickt und wurde dort Opfer von weiblicher Genitalverstümmelung, wie Mail Online (<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html</a>) berichtete. Bei ihrer Rückkehr suchte sie Hilfe bei Erwachsenen und vertraute sich einer Lehrkraft an. Die schockierende Antwort: „Das ist sehr nett, Liebes. Klingt ein bisschen wie eine Bar Mitzvah“ , das jüdische Ritual der männlichen Beschneidung.</p>
<p>Als Nimko als Mitgründerin der Non-Profit Organisation „Daughters of Eve“ (<a href="http://www.dofeve.org/">www.dofeve.org</a>) mit dem Thema an die Öffentlichkeit ging, wurde sie Opfer von Attacken und sogar Morddrohungen. Angeblich wurde von einem Gegner sogar ein Auftragsmörder engagiert um Nimko zu töten.</p>
<p>Obwohl Female Genital Mutilation in Großbritannien illegal ist, leiden 66.000 Frauen an den Folgen und mehr als 20.000 Mädchen sind gefährdet. „Ich möchte ihnen allen helfen und sie wissen lassen, dass sie nicht alleine sind“, sagt Nimko.</p>
<p>Quelle: Mail Online <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2320665/Female-Genital-Mutilation-cultural-violence-66-000-women-UK-live-effects-FGM-victim-Nimko-Ali-hits-PC-society-ignored-pain.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2320665/Female-Genital-Mutilation-cultural-violence-66-000-women-UK-live-effects-FGM-victim-Nimko-Ali-hits-PC-society-ignored-pain.html</a></p>
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