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		<description><![CDATA[یه‌كه‌م كۆنفرانس له‌ناوچه‌ی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست له‌باره‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌به‌یروتی‌ پایته‌ختی‌ له‌بنان به‌ڕێوه‌ چوو، به‌شداربوان له‌هه‌ر یه‌ك له‌ولاَتانی عێراق، هه‌رێمی كوردوستان، یه‌مه‌ن، مصر، ئه‌نده‌نوسیا  ئاماده‌ی ئه‌و كۆنفرانسه‌ بوون. زریان محمد، ئاوێنه‌: له‌ڕاگه‌یه‌ندراوێكی‌ كۆنفرانسه‌كه‌دا كه‌ وێنه‌یه‌كی‌ بۆ سایتی‌ ئاوێنه‌ نێردراوه‌ هاتووه‌ &#8220;شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست وه‌ك كێشه‌یه‌كی لاوه‌كی پێناسه‌ كراوه‌، هه‌ر بۆیه‌ كۆنفرانسی [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=510&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="rtl" align="justify">یه‌كه‌م كۆنفرانس له‌ناوچه‌ی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست له‌باره‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌به‌یروتی‌ پایته‌ختی‌ له‌بنان به‌ڕێوه‌ چوو، به‌شداربوان له‌هه‌ر یه‌ك له‌ولاَتانی عێراق، هه‌رێمی كوردوستان، یه‌مه‌ن، مصر، ئه‌نده‌نوسیا  ئاماده‌ی ئه‌و كۆنفرانسه‌ بوون.</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">زریان محمد، ئاوێنه‌: له‌ڕاگه‌یه‌ندراوێكی‌ كۆنفرانسه‌كه‌دا كه‌ وێنه‌یه‌كی‌ بۆ سایتی‌ ئاوێنه‌ نێردراوه‌ هاتووه‌ &#8220;شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست وه‌ك كێشه‌یه‌كی لاوه‌كی پێناسه‌ كراوه‌، هه‌ر بۆیه‌ كۆنفرانسی به‌یروت به‌گرنگی ئه‌زانێت سه‌رنجی رای گشتی جیهان بۆ ئه‌م كێشه‌ فه‌رامۆشكراوه‌ ڕابكێشێت‌و نامه‌یه‌كی به‌هێز ئاراسته‌ی هه‌موو لایه‌ك بكات كه‌كاتی كاركردن‌و بزاوتی ڕاسته‌قینه‌یه‌ بۆ ڕۆبه‌ڕوبونه‌وه‌ی ئه‌م دیارده‌یه‌&#8221;.</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">كۆنفرانسی به‌یروت كه‌ رۆژانی‌ (16 – 19)ی‌ ئه‌م مانگه‌ به‌ڕێوه‌چوو، داوا له‌هاولاَتیان‌و ده‌سه‌لاَتدارانی ولاَتانی <span id="more-510"></span>ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست‌و كۆمه‌ڵگه‌ی نێوده‌وڵه‌تی ئه‌كات كه‌ ڕوبه‌ڕوی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ ببنه‌وه‌.</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">ته‌واوی‌ ڕاگه‌یه‌ندراوه‌كه‌ بخوێنه‌ره‌وه‌ :</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">ڕاگه‌یاندنێكی ڕۆژنامه‌وانی یه‌كه‌م كۆنفرانسی ڕوبه‌ڕوبونه‌وه‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاستدا :</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">به‌یروت 16-19  ینایر2012،  یه‌كه‌م كۆنفرانس له‌ ناوچه‌ی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست له‌باره‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌كاتی ئێسته‌دا له‌ به‌یروت به‌ڕێوه‌ ئه‌چێت ، به‌شداربوان له‌ هه‌ر یه‌ك له‌ ولاَتانی عێراق و هه‌رێمی كوردوستان ، یه‌مه‌ن  و شاره‌زایانی مصر و ئه‌نده‌نوسیا  ئاماده‌ی ئه‌م كۆنفرانسه‌ن .<br />
ئه‌م كۆنفرانسه‌ له‌لایه‌ن هه‌ردوو ڕێكخراوی ناحكومی  WADI و Hivos ڕێكخراوه‌و  ، به‌یه‌كه‌م سه‌كۆی گفتوگۆ دائه‌نرێت بۆ چالاكوانانی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست له‌باره‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ به‌ئامانجی فێربون له‌ ئه‌زمونه‌كانی كاركردن و په‌ره‌پێدانی كاری هاوبه‌ش و داڕشتنی به‌رنامه‌یه‌كی یه‌كانگیر بۆ كه‌مكردنه‌وه‌ی ڕێژه‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێیینه‌ .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">وا باوه‌ كه‌ شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ زیاتر كێشه‌یه‌كی ولاَته‌ ئه‌فریقیه‌كانه‌ و زانیاریه‌كی ئه‌وتۆ فه‌راهه‌م نیه‌ له‌باره‌ی دیارده‌كه‌ له‌ ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاستدا ، هه‌رچه‌نده‌ لێكۆڵینه‌وه‌و زانیاری و به‌ڵگه‌ له‌سه‌ر بوونی دیارده‌كه‌ له‌ هه‌ریه‌ك له‌ ولاَتانی یه‌مه‌ن ، عێراق ، سوریا ، ئێران ، عمان و سعودیه‌ .هه‌یه‌ به‌لاَم هێشتا گفتوگۆكردن له‌سه‌ر ئه‌م دیارده‌یه‌ وه‌ك تابۆیه‌ك ماوه‌ته‌وه‌ . هه‌ربۆیه‌ ئێستا كاتی ئه‌وه‌یه‌ ئه‌و بێده‌نگیه‌ كۆتایی پێ بێت كه‌ شێوازێكی زۆر مه‌ترسیداری توندوتیژیه‌ به‌رانبه‌ر به‌ مافی مرۆڤ و مافی ژنان .<br />
ڕۆڵی لایه‌نه‌كان  :</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">سیاسی و میدیاكاران و ڕێكخراوه‌ ناوخۆیی و نێوده‌وڵه‌تیه‌كان به‌تایبه‌تی نه‌ته‌وه‌یه‌كگرتوه‌كان زۆر ده‌مێكه‌ ڕاشكاوانه‌ شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌یان له‌ ئه‌فریقیا وه‌ك كێشه‌یه‌ك پێناس كردوه‌. به‌لاَم  سه‌ره‌رای تۆمار و ڕێژه‌ به‌رزه‌كانی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌ ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست ئه‌م كێشه‌یه‌ له‌م ناوچه‌یه‌دا وه‌ك كێشه‌یه‌كی لاوه‌كی پێناس كراوه‌ .هه‌ربۆیه‌ كۆنفرانسی به‌یروت به‌گرنگی ئه‌زانێت سه‌رنجی رای گشتی جیهان بۆ ئه‌م كێشه‌ فه‌رامۆشكراوه‌ ڕابكێشێت و نامه‌یه‌كی به‌هێز ئاراسته‌ی هه‌موو لایه‌ك بكات كه‌كاتی كاركردن و بزاوتی ڕاسته‌قینه‌یه‌ بۆ ڕۆبه‌ڕوبونه‌وه‌ی ئه‌م دیارده‌یه‌ .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">هه‌مان كات له‌ كۆنفرتنسی به‌یروت پزیشكێكی پسپۆری ژنان له‌ خواروی عێراق چه‌ند به‌ڵگه‌نامه‌و چاوپێكه‌وتنێكی پێشكه‌شكرد كه‌ ئاماژه‌ن بۆ بوونی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌ ناوه‌ڕاست و خواروی عێراق به‌لاَم تا ئێستا ئه‌م بابه‌ته‌ به‌گشتی وه‌ك تابۆ دائه‌نرێت و حكومه‌تی ناوه‌ندی نكولی له‌ بوونی دیارده‌كه‌ ئه‌كات .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">جیهانی ئیسلامی :<br />
زۆربه‌ی ئه‌و ناوچانه‌ی ئاسیا كه‌ شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌یان تێدا بلاَوه‌  سه‌ر به‌ جیهانی ئیسلامین ، زۆرێك له‌ پیاوانی ئاینی ئیسلامی ڕۆڵیان هه‌یه‌ له‌ دۆزینه‌وه‌ی به‌هانه‌ بۆ به‌رده‌وامبونی دیارده‌كه‌ هه‌رچه‌نده‌ به‌شداربوانی كۆنفرانس پێیان وابوو كه‌ ئه‌م دیارده‌یه‌ وه‌ك ئه‌ركێكی ئاینی جێبه‌جێ ناكرێت  هه‌ربۆیه‌ له‌هه‌ر ولاَتێك له‌و ولاَتانه‌ ئاینزا و میدیا و سیاسیه‌كان بۆ خۆیان ده‌بێت ڕۆڵی تایبه‌تی خۆیان هه‌بێت له‌ كه‌مكردنه‌وه‌ی دیارده‌كه‌دا و بلاَوكردنه‌وه‌ی هۆشیاری گشتی و دروستكردنی فشار له‌سه‌ر ده‌وڵه‌ته‌كان بۆ ڕوبه‌ڕوبونه‌وه‌ی دیارده‌كه‌ .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">كۆنفرانسی به‌یروت داوا له‌ هاولاَتیان و ده‌سه‌لاَتدارانی ولاَتانی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست و و كۆمه‌ڵگه‌ی نێوده‌وڵه‌تی ئه‌كات كه‌ ڕوبه‌ڕوی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ ببنه‌وه‌ و ئه‌م چه‌ند په‌یامه‌ ئاراسته‌ی لایه‌نه‌كان ئه‌كات :</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">- داواكارین ڕێكخراوه‌كانی كۆمه‌ڵگه‌ی مه‌ده‌نی ئاماری شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی له‌م ولاَتانه‌ كۆبكه‌نه‌وه‌ .<br />
- فشار له‌سه‌ر ده‌وله‌َه‌ته‌كانی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست دابنرێت بۆ ناساندنی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی وه‌ك توندوتیژیه‌كی مه‌ترسیدار له‌سه‌ر مافی مرۆڤ .<br />
- فشار له‌سه‌ر ده‌وڵه‌ته‌كان دابنرێت بۆ كۆكردنه‌وه‌ی داتای باوه‌ڕپێكراو له‌باره‌ی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ .<br />
- دامه‌زراندی تۆڕێكی كاركردنی هاوبه‌ش بۆ ناساندی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی له‌ ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاستدا .<br />
- شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ بكرێته‌ بابه‌تێكی سه‌ره‌كی له‌گه‌ڵ ده‌زگاكانی UN وسیاسیه‌كانی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاستدا .<br />
- داوابكرێت كه‌ یه‌كیه‌تی ئه‌وروپاو UN  ولاَته‌ یه‌كگرتوه‌كانی ئه‌مریكا گرنگی به‌م بابه‌ته‌ بده‌ن له‌ په‌یوه‌ندیه‌ ده‌ره‌كیه‌كانیاندا له‌گه‌ڵ ولاَتانی ڕۆژهه‌لاَتی ناوه‌ڕاست .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">پێشینه‌یه‌ك له‌سه‌ر شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ له‌لایه‌ن (WHO) وه‌ :<br />
كۆمه‌ڵگه‌ی نێوده‌وڵه‌تی شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ به‌ پێشێلكردنی مافی مرۆڤ و ژنان و منالاَن ئه‌ناسێت و به‌یه‌كێك له‌ ده‌رئه‌نجامه‌كانی جیاكاری ڕه‌گه‌زی و نایه‌كسانی دائه‌نرێت و شێوازێكی توندوتیژی زه‌ق و مه‌ترسیداره‌ ،  و پێشێلكاریه‌كی مه‌ترسیداری مافی مندالاَنه‌ ، هه‌مان كات به‌پێشێلكردنی مافی تاك دائه‌نرێت له‌ پاراستنی سه‌لامه‌تی جه‌سته‌یی و ته‌ندروستی ، ئارامی و ئابوری وه‌مافی تاك له‌ ڕوبه‌ڕونه‌بونه‌وه‌ی ئه‌شكه‌نجه‌و مامه‌ڵه‌ی توندوتیژ و نامرۆڤانه‌ و ناپیشه‌ییانه‌ و مافی ژیان كه‌ له‌ده‌رئه‌نجامی ئه‌م كرداره‌دا مردنی لێده‌كه‌وێته‌وه‌ .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">شێواندنی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی مێینه‌ بریتیه‌ له‌بڕینی به‌شێك یاهه‌موو كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی ده‌ره‌كی مێینه‌ و زیانگه‌یاندن به‌به‌شه‌كانی دیكه‌ی كۆئه‌ندامی زاوزێی به‌هۆكاری ناته‌ندروستی و زۆرجار مامانی ناشاره‌زا به‌م كاره‌ هه‌ڵده‌ستن .</p>
<p dir="rtl" align="justify">بۆ زانیاری زیاتر :</p>
<p>له‌ هه‌رێمی كوردوستان و عێراق :  فلاح مرادخان شاكرم ، ڕێكخراوی وادی 07701588173  <a href="mailto:wadisul@yahoo.com">wadisul@yahoo.com</a><br />
له‌سه‌ر ئاستی ئه‌وروپاو جیهان :<br />
Thomas Von der Osten-Sacken (Wadi) +49-15156906002 or <a href="mailto:thomasvdo@yahoo.de">thomasvdo@yahoo.de</a><br />
Jessie Hexspoor (Hivos) +31-641969050 or <a href="mailto:jhexspoor@hivos.nl">jhexspoor@hivos.nl</a></p>
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		<title>1st ever conference on FGM in Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas v. der Osten-Sacken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FGM not merely an African problem; high rates in the Middle East  The first conference ever on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Middle East is currently taking place in Beirut, Lebanon, with participants from Iraqi Kurdistan, Central Iraq and Yemen with input from experts from Indonesia and Egypt. The groundbreaking event, organized by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=506&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="padding-left:30px;"> The first conference ever on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Middle East is currently taking place in Beirut, Lebanon, with participants from Iraqi Kurdistan, Central Iraq and Yemen with input from experts from Indonesia and Egypt. The groundbreaking event, organized by the non-governmental organizations Wadi and Hivos, is serving as a first common platform for experts and activists fighting FGM in the Middle East. Its purpose is to learn from each other, create a network and cooperation structure, and develop a coherent transnational strategy to eradicate FGM.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Until recently FGM was considered to be practiced mostly in African countries. Not much information is available about this practice in the Middle East. However, research, publications and various other evidence indicate that it is also practiced in Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Oman and Saudi Arabia. FGM is still very much a taboo issue in the Middle East. It is high time to break the silence about this gross violation of human and women’s rights.</p>
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		<title>Iraq: New research highlights link between FGM/C and mental disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New data out of Iraq shows what many psychologists suspected though little research has confirmed: Girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) are more prone to mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results of the research &#8211; conducted by Jan Ilhan Kizilhan of the University of Freiburg, an expert in psychotraumatology (psychotherapy for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=503&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="padding-left:30px;">New data out of Iraq shows what many psychologists suspected though little research has confirmed: Girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) are more prone to mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0213-61632011000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso&amp;tlng=en" target="_blank">Results of the research</a> &#8211; conducted by Jan Ilhan Kizilhan of the University of Freiburg, an expert in psychotraumatology (psychotherapy for people who have suffered extreme trauma) &#8211; were published in the April-June 2011 edition of the European Journal of Psychiatry.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Kizilhan found “alarmingly high rates” of PTSD (44 percent), depression (34 percent), anxiety (46 percent) and somatic disturbances (mental disorders whose symptoms are unexplainable physical illnesses &#8211; 37 percent) among a group of 79 circumcised girls in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, aged 8-14, who did not otherwise suffer any traumatic events.</p>
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		<title>سلێمانی‌، له‌ۆركشۆپێكدا 29 كه‌س خه‌ڵاتده‌كرێن</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas v. der Osten-Sacken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   ۆركشۆپی تایبه‌ت به‌ (خه‌ته‌نه‌كردنی‌ مێینه‌) له‌پاش كۆتایی هاتنی‌ ۆركشۆپی تایبه‌ت به‌ (خه‌ته‌نه‌كردنی‌ مێینه‌) پاشنیوه‌ڕۆی ئه‌مڕۆ له‌ قاوه‌خانه‌ی‌ كلتوری ڕێكخراوی‌ (وادی‌) بڕوانامه‌ به‌سه‌ر به‌شداربووه‌كاندا دابه‌شكرا. (سه‌عده‌ عه‌بدولڕه‌حمان) ڕێكخه‌ری پڕۆژه‌كانی‌ ژنان له‌ڕێكخراوی‌ (wadi)  بۆ NNA ئه‌وه‌ی‌ خسته‌ڕوو، به‌ئاماده‌بوونی‌ چالاكه‌وانی‌ كۆمه‌ڵگای‌ مه‌ده‌نی‌‌و پارێزه‌رو ڕاگه‌یاندنكاران، بڕوانامه‌ی‌ تایبه‌تمان به‌سه‌ر (29) به‌شداربووی‌ ۆركشۆپه‌كه‌دا دابه‌شكرد.   وتیشی‌:&#8221;ۆركشۆپه‌كه‌ تایبه‌ت بوو به‌ته‌ندروستی‌‌و لایه‌نی‌ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=501&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>له‌پاش كۆتایی هاتنی‌ ۆركشۆپی تایبه‌ت به‌ (خه‌ته‌نه‌كردنی‌ مێینه‌) پاشنیوه‌ڕۆی ئه‌مڕۆ له‌ قاوه‌خانه‌ی‌ كلتوری ڕێكخراوی‌ (وادی‌) بڕوانامه‌ به‌سه‌ر به‌شداربووه‌كاندا دابه‌شكرا.</p>
<p>(سه‌عده‌ عه‌بدولڕه‌حمان) ڕێكخه‌ری پڕۆژه‌كانی‌ ژنان له‌ڕێكخراوی‌ (wadi)  بۆ NNA ئه‌وه‌ی‌ خسته‌ڕوو، به‌ئاماده‌بوونی‌ چالاكه‌وانی‌ كۆمه‌ڵگای‌ مه‌ده‌نی‌‌و پارێزه‌رو ڕاگه‌یاندنكاران، بڕوانامه‌ی‌ تایبه‌تمان به‌سه‌ر (29) به‌شداربووی‌ ۆركشۆپه‌كه‌دا دابه‌شكرد.  </p>
<p>وتیشی‌:&#8221;ۆركشۆپه‌كه‌ تایبه‌ت بوو به‌ته‌ندروستی‌‌و لایه‌نی‌ ده‌روونی‌ ژنان‌و خه‌مۆكی‌و كاریگه‌رییه‌ خراپه‌كانی‌ پاش خه‌ته‌نه‌كردن، ئه‌وه‌شی‌ خسته‌ڕوو، ئێمه‌ ئێستا له‌ڕێی‌ تیمه‌كانمانه‌وه‌ كار بۆ هۆشیاركردنه‌وه‌ی‌ ژنان‌و كچان ده‌كه‌ین، له‌دیارده‌ی‌ خه‌ته‌نه‌كردن‌و كاریگه‌رییه‌ خراپه‌كانی‌ پاش خه‌ته‌نه‌كردن&#8221;.<br />
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		<title>Free of FGM Village</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas v. der Osten-Sacken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign of the first Village in Iraqi Kurdistan declaring itself free of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In the last three months WADI started the Free FGM Village campaign and until now is co-operating with five different villages. The andjuman (kind of major) is helping to set the sign up. He is extremely helpful to implement the project. And already the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=493&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sign of the first Village in Iraqi Kurdistan declaring itself free of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). <a href="http://www.stopfgmkurdistan.org/html/english/articles/article052e.htm" target="_blank">In the last three months WADI started the Free FGM Village campaign</a> and until now is co-operating with five different villages. The andjuman (kind of major) is helping to set the sign up. He is extremely helpful to implement the project. And already the first two girls aged four who should have been cut this year will be saved from this torture and they will be the first non-mutiliated females in this village since decades.</p>
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		<title>Iraqi Kurdistan: Free yourself from FGM – A new approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas v. der Osten-Sacken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Suaad Abdulrahman and Arvid Vormann In a remote village called Toutakhel, hidden amidst the endless hills of Kurdish northern Iraq, all the women had gathered. They said they were not aware of the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM), which is still widely practiced throughout large parts of the region. Now they were willing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=490&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Suaad Abdulrahman and Arvid Vormann</em></p>
<p>In a remote village called Toutakhel, hidden amidst the endless hills of Kurdish northern Iraq, all the women had gathered. They said they were not aware of the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM), which is still widely practiced throughout large parts of the region. Now they were willing to stop all violence and declare this in public, if only their children could attend secondary school in the next village, about 7 miles a stony, dusty pathway down to the riverside. <em>“Without education”</em>, they said, <em>“we are nothing. We would rather die than leave our kids without education. We do not have much and we do not need much, but the children are our future.”</em></p>
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<p>Every village is different. Toutachel people are very concerned with the future and well-being of their kids. There, like in many places, elderly men married young women, and some of the men had been married before and had several kids whom they all lost during Saddam’s genocidal poison gas attacks in the course of the so-called Anfal campaign of 1988. However, when they are talking about these horrifying experiences, it is as if it occurred last week and not decades ago. Now their new children have become very precious to them.</p>
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		<title>FGM in Egypt: Backlash after the fall of Mubarak</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas v. der Osten-Sacken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the revolution, international support for this fight has significantly waned. Political instability has led to a 75 percent cut in Egypt’s FGM-related donor funds to the United Nations since January, according to Marta Agosti, the head of the anti-FGM program for the U.N.Changeover among government ministers has also slowed official work. The National Council [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=488&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="padding-left:30px;">Since the revolution, international support for this fight has significantly waned. Political instability has led to a 75 percent cut in Egypt’s FGM-related donor funds to the United Nations since January, according to Marta Agosti, the head of the anti-FGM program for the U.N.Changeover among government ministers has also slowed official work. The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the government body charged with addressing the problem, was shuttered after the revolution, and there is concern among activists that the capacity of the Council will shrink in its new home under the Ministry of Health. Instability and a lack of funds have curtailed the day-to-day work of NGOs; less field work and fewer workshops are taking place, according to Agosti<em>.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">In addition to the general shrinking of U.N. and NGO funds and efforts, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood as one of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/world/middleeast/in-cairo-quarter-islamists-try-to-profit-from-revolution.html?ref=world">strongest political forces attempting to fill the void left by Mubarak’s departure</a> presents potential obstacles to the campaign to end FGM<strong>. </strong>While the Muslim Brotherhood does not have an official position on FGM, the group has, in the past, opposed a complete ban on the practice. “Nothing in Islam forbids circumcision,” <a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g77xIc21c7ycxZkrB3EEzzYRop0w">said Saad El Katani</a>, the leader of the Brotherhood in parliament in 2008. Some members of the Brotherhood have argued that opposition to a complete ban does not indicate support of the practice, but they generally don’t speak out against it.</p>
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		<title>“Honour” based violence: Whose honour are we talking about?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IKWRO International Conference 2011 Thursday 17 November 2011 from 9:30 am to 5 pm This conference is organised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) in partnership with Refugee Women’s Association (RWA) and Türkisch Deutscher Frauenverein e.V (Papatya) Germany. An opportunity for professionals such as police, teachers, health and social workers, researchers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=486&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=8382" target="_blank"><strong>IKWRO International Conference 2011</strong></a><br />
Thursday 17 November 2011 from 9:30 am to 5 pm</p>
<p>This conference is organised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) in partnership with Refugee Women’s Association (RWA) and Türkisch Deutscher Frauenverein e.V (Papatya) Germany.</p>
<p>An opportunity for professionals such as police, teachers, health and social workers, researchers and other professionals with an interest in women’s rights to learn more about honour based violence.</p>
<p><strong>Speakers:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dr Nawal el Saadawi</strong><br />
Egyptian feminist writer, physician and activist<br />
<strong>Mak Chishty QPM</strong><br />
Detective Chief Superintendent, lead on “honour”‐ based violence, FM and FGM, Association of Chief Police Officers, UK<br />
<strong>Dr Corrina Ter-Nedden</strong><br />
Clinical psychologist, Türkisch Deutscher Frauenverein e.V (Papatya) ‐ Germany<br />
<strong>Arvid Vormann</strong><br />
Researcher, Stop FGM Kurdistan, WADI– Germany<br />
<strong>Kner Abdullah Hama Aziz</strong><br />
Writer and activist, Suleymania Provincial Council, Iraq<br />
<strong>Chaz Akoshile</strong><br />
Joint Head, Forced Marriage Unit, UK<br />
<strong>Diana Nammi</strong><br />
Founder and director of IKWRO</p>
<p>IKWRO’s clients will talk about their experiences</p>
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		<title>Kenian Clerics against FGM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kenya Council of Imams and Ulamaa has castigated Female Genital Mutilation saying it is against the Quran teachings and will fully support implementation of all FGM related laws. Islamic scholars Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome and Mohamed Swalihu under KCIU called upon mosques and Muslim institutions to fight the practice. &#8220;There is no authentic or relevant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=484&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="padding-left:30px;">The Kenya Council of Imams and Ulamaa has castigated Female Genital Mutilation saying it is against the Quran teachings and will fully support implementation of all FGM related laws. Islamic scholars Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome and Mohamed Swalihu under KCIU called upon mosques and Muslim institutions to fight the practice. &#8220;There is no authentic or relevant Islamic evidence allowing FGM in all its forms and the practice is harmful and violates freedom, privacy, health and dignity of the Muslim woman,&#8221; KCIU said in the statement.</p>
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		<title>Not only in Ireland &#8211; in Kurdistan, too</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ifrah Ahmed about FGM in Europe: &#8220;Without follow-up, any legislation becomes meaningless&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stopfgmkurdistan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9338819&amp;post=482&amp;subd=stopfgmkurdistan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ifrah Ahmed about <a href="http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/09/23/female-genital-mutilation-europe/">FGM in Europe</a>: <em>&#8220;Without follow-up, any legislation becomes meaningless&#8221;</em></p>
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