Female Genital Mutilation is NOT an African problem!
12. Dezember 2009, von Thomas von der Osten-SackenDue to the tireless work of the organisation WADI e.V. – who are partners and supporters of the www.sponsoredgirl.com – campaign, the dimension of Female Genital Mutilation in Middle East, for example in Iraq and Iran, becomes more and more clear: Neglected and denied by all UN-bodies and concerned FGM-organisations for a long time, we have to admit today that up to 95% of the girls in Kurdish areas like Rania are submitted to Female Genital Mutilation (mutilation of the clitoris).
One reason for maintaining this blindness towards FGM out of the African continent might be the fact that UN and other organisations did not want to see their construction about FGM as “old African rite and custom” break down like a house of cards and force them to admit that FGM is very Islam-linked problem.