Kejau This topic is a hard one for me. My first concern is the name. I wonder why they never come with Male GM? I don't know if only cutting is involve warrant that naming. The science behind the arguments are as unsettled as Global warming/climate change. I mean what are the physical, genetical and physchological effects of the practice in hundreds of years of say Mandinkas? I could be wrong! Regards. Burama On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > By Neneh Bojang - Neneh's Feminist Journal > > As the the President of The European Network for the Prevention of Harmful > Traditional Practices (EuroNet-FGM) and the Founder/Executive Director of > IAC Norway, I am presently honoured to be in Paris together with the > Secretary of the Euronet –FGM/President of FORWARD Germany Dr. Tobe Levin > regarding the establishment of the Clitoris Restoration Fund.The Fund > serves the purpose of reversing the damage of female genital mutilation > through funding a clitoris restoration operation conducted by the French > surgeon Dr. Pierre Foldes. > > In the last few years there has been a growing impetus to address female > genital mutilation at national, regional and international levels. The > adoption of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution, to ban female > genital mutilation which the EuronetFGM along with its partners played a > central role has for example contributed to this momentum. The decision > reiterates the importance of enhancing efforts at the global level to > effectively address the practice.The creation of the fund is also an > important step in adding to this momentum and hopefully become instrumental > in reversing the harmful effects of FGM. > > The full article can be found here: > > http://gambiadaily.co.uk/15-can-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-be-reversed > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:11:44 +0200 > From: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > Subject: Jammeh's Assault on Freedom of Religion in the Calipha Muhideen > Hydara case > To: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > > Jammeh's Assault on Freedom of Religion in the Calipha Muhideen Hydara case > <http://gambiadaily.co.uk/14-caliph-muhideen-hydara-case> > > The Caliph Muhideen Hydara and the Alkalo of Darsilame Sangharjor, Buyah > Touray have been arraigned before the Magistrate Court presided over by > Seranding Sanneh, charged with 'Disobedience to a Lawful Command', in that > on they were lawfully ordered by the President of the republic of The > Gambia to not pray Idl Fitr on Tuesday the 29 July 2014 as they happened to > reside between Kalagie and Banjul, and not beyond Kalagie. This order was > given in a television broadcast whenthe Banjul Elders and other Muslim > leaders came to the State House to meet with the president, which meeting > was broadcast live. > > S25(1)(c) of the 1997 Constitution guarantees a right to religion and > right to practice that religion. So did the International Convention on the > Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Article 18(3): > > Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such > limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public > safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of > others. > > Furthermore as forwarded by the learned senior counsel Antouman Gaye, the > president has no power to legislate on his own, certainly not by television > broadcast, as envisaged under s7 of the 1997 Constitution and certainly > contrary to s25(1) of the same constitution. The counsellor then submitted > to the magistrate to refer the matter to the supreme court, as the > competent authority to adjudicate on this matter. The matter was to be > decided on Monday 01 September 2014. > > This submission was made under s127 of the constitution, which gave the > Supreme Court exclusive rights to interpret the constitution except under > provisions relating to the fundamental rights and freedom, especially on > issues on purported law making rights, such as those assume erroneously by > the head of state. > > > > > > Read more here: > > http://gambiadaily.co.uk/14-caliph-muhideen-hydara-case > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:43:11 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > Subject: Ebola response 'lethally inadequate ' > To: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > > > Ebola response 'lethally inadequate' > > Last updated 3 hours ago > > By James Gallagher > > Health editor, BBC News website > [image: Nurses helping man with Ebola] > Nurses helping man with Ebola > > A global military intervention is needed to curb the largest ever Ebola > outbreak, according to the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres. > > In a damning criticism of world leaders, it says the global response has > so far been "lethally inadequate". > > The charity said countries were turning their back on West Africa and > merely reducing the risk of Ebola arriving on their shores. > > More than 1,550 people have died in the outbreak which started in Guinea. > > At least 3,000 people have been infected with the virus, but the World > Health Organization (WHO) has warned that more than 20,000 people are > likely to be infected. > > 'Coalition of inaction' > > In a speech to the United Nations, the international president of MSF, Dr > Joanne Liu, said repeated calls for help had been ignored. > > She said: "Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world > is losing the battle to contain it. > > "Leaders are failing to come to grips with this transnational threat. > > "The WHO announcement on August 8 that the epidemic constituted a 'public > health emergency of international concern' has not led to decisive action, > and states have essentially joined a global coalition of inaction." > > MSF said military and civilian teams capable of dealing with a biological > disaster were needed immediately as the spread of Ebola "will not be > prevented without a massive deployment". > [image: Healthcare workers visit a village] > > It is calling for more field hospitals with isolation wards to be set up, > trained healthcare workers to be sent to the region and air support to move > patients and medics across West Africa. > > Dr Liu added: "States with the required capacity have a political and > humanitarian responsibility to come forward and offer a desperately needed, > concrete response to the disaster unfolding in front of the world's eyes. > > "Rather than limit their response to the potential arrival of an infected > patient in their countries, they should take the unique opportunity to > actually save lives where immediately needed, in West Africa." > > The charity said that at one site in Monrovia, in Liberia, it had been > able to set up an isolation facility with 160 beds, but said they were > "overwhelmed" with growing queues and needed an additional 800 beds. > > In other developments: > > • 31 people have now died from a separate Ebola outbreak in the Democratic > Republic of Congo, says the World Health Organization (WHO) > > • The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has warned outbreak is > putting food harvests in West Africa "at serious risk". > > • Nurses in Liberia's largest hospital are on strike, refusing to return > to work until they are issued with protective equipment > > • After a Guinean student with Ebola escaped from a clinic in his homeland > and took Ebola to Dakar, Senegal's president said if the student were not > sick "he would be before the courts" > > • Ivory Coast's government allows Sierra Leone's football team to play an > Africa Nations Cup qualifier in Abidjan despite the travel ban imposed over > the Ebola outbreak > > The MSF criticism echoes earlier remarks from the president of the World > Bank, Jim Yong Kim. > > In a newspaper column he said the outbreak would have been easily > contained if it had hit a major Western city. > > He said the crisis in West Africa was down to a "disastrously inadequate > response" from countries with the resources to help. > > "We need international organisations and wealthy countries that possess > the required resources and knowledge to step forward and partner with West > African governments to mount a serious, co-ordinated response," he said. > > Also speaking the the United Nations, the director-general of the World > Health Organisation Dr Margaret Chan said: "Ebola has become a global > threat which requires urgent global efforts in solidarity with the affected > countries. > > "The outbreak will get worse before it gets better and it requires a > well-coordinated big surge and huge scale-up of outbreak response urgently." > [image: line] > > Ebola virus disease (EVD) > [image: Ebola virus] > > • Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage > > • Spread by body fluids, such as blood and saliva > > • Fatality rate can reach 90% - but current outbreak has mortality rate of > about 55% > > • Incubation period is two to 21 days > > • There is no vaccine or cure > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search > in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > 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