What is female circumcision and how much of a problem is it in Switzerland?
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University of Geneva chair to fight FGM
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The Global Alliance against Female Genital Mutilation and the University of Geneva have signed an agreement to establish a public health and human rights chair to address the problem of female genital mutilation. “This is a big step forward and a first for the university,” said Professor Emmanuel Kabengele of the university’s Institute for Global…
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Originally from Sudan, Amal Bürgin has lived in Switzerland for many years. She and her Swiss husband have two sons and a daughter, aged between four and 11. The fact that she managed to conceive and deliver three children is almost remarkable considering the brutal tradition she herself endured as a child. When Bürgin was…
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