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Radio program on female genital mutilation in Iran wins New York radio award
24.6.2015. By Stop FGM Middle East. The radio program “Tradition of the Blade” which addresses female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran won a Gold Medal at the celebrated New York Festival International Radio Program Awards on June 22. The 30-minutes special was aired by Radio Farda, the Iran service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, on November…
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Confronting Female Genital Mutilation in Iran
Excerpt of an article originally titled “Confronting Female Genital Mutilation in Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan.” Iran’s Hormozgan province has the country’s highest rate of FGM. Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) exists in the Islamic Republic of Iran even while the redoubt of clerical dictatorship is absent from a recent survey of FGM in 29…