http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/taxonomy/term/205 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/164 <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070628/wl_africa_afp/egyptwomencircumcision" target="_blank">The AFP is reporting that Egypt has banned all circumcision for females</a>. This is major news in a country where, despite a past limited ban on the surgeries the vast majority of girls were circumcised anyway. </p><p>I&#39;m not entirely clear yet on a key aspect of the ban. The AFP article linked, via Yahoo!, above, contains the following statements which appear to me to conflict:</p><blockquote><p>On Thursday, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.</p></blockquote><p>and</p><blockquote><p>Any circumcision &quot;will be viewed as a violation of the law and all contraventions will be punished,&quot; said the official, adding that it was a &quot;permanent ban&quot;.</p><p><a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/164">read more</a></p> http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/164#comments circumcision culture Egypt genital mutilation Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:26:48 -0700 Elizabeth 164 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/99 This <a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/the-foreskin-dialogues/">conversation started on my Wordpress Blog</a> and I&#39;d love for it to continue here. If you posted there and would repost your comment here, that would be wonderful. If you don&#39;t feel like doing that, but don&#39;t mind if I do it, send me a note. If you haven&#39;t jumped in yet, please do!<p><a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/99">read more</a></p> http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/99#comments Our bodies, our bodies! circumcision consent culture genital mutilation Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:11:00 -0700 Elizabeth 99 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org