Female Genital Mutilation
The WHO estimates that between 120 - 140 million girls and women all over the world have been subjected to female genital mutilation.
For more information on the facts and myths, press here for a pdf about fgm.
Irene from Kenya shares here, in a very candid interview, her experience of her genital cutting.
Irene continues here explaining about fgm is affected by cultural understanding - and also about the position of women in her culture.
Fgm is one of the many hardships women in rural areas of Kenya endure. Sister Esther Mwaniki, in charge of the Incarnate Word in Barbello, Kenya and visiting researcher Anney Njaga talk here about the plight of women in the area.
“The Cut” is a short documentary on female genital mutilation.
Produced by: Phantomfilm
Funded by: Rogaland Filmkraft, Vestnorsk Filmsenter, Institusjonen Fritt Ord and Helle Bennetts Almennyttige Fond.
PR services provided by LONDON DIGITAL PR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FGM, PLEASE CHECK OUT THESE LINKS:
WHO www.who.it
UNESCO www.unesco.org
UNFPA www.unfpa.org
Fokus www.fokuskvinner.no
Human Rights Service www.rights.no
FORWARD www.forwarduk.org.uk
The African Child Policy Forum www.africanchildforum.org
Voices of Women http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sinergie/voixdefemmes/
Equality Now http://www.equalitynow.org/
Tostan http://www.tostan.org/
SIHA Network http://www.sihanet.org/
WOWAP http://www.wowap.org/
No Peace Without Justice http://www.npwj.org
The Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project http://www.fgmnetwork.org/index.php
The Waris Dire Foundation http://www.waris-dirie-foundation.com/
No Excision for My Sister http://www.gams.be/
Forening Mod Pikeomskæring http://www.pigeomskaering.dk/
Association contre la mutilation des enfants http://ame.enfant.org.free.fr/
La Commission pour l’Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles http://www.cams-fgm.org/
The GAMS http://pagesperso-orange.fr/..associationgams/gamsiteeng/pages/presgams.html
Forward Germany http://www.forward-germany.de/
WADI http://www.wadinet.de/index.php
Amnesty Ireland http://www.amnesty.ie/endfgm
FGM National CIinical Group http://www.fgmnationalgroup.org/
Sini Sanuman http://www.stopexcision.net/
Clitoraid www.clitoraid.org/
Excerpts of interviews which were a part of the research for the documentary "The Cut" :
