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Report on Violence Against Women
Source: Population Reports
Country: United States

"A sweeping new report from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) finds that around the world, at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime." (1/20/2000)

Islamic perspective on female genital mutilation
Source: Minaret of Freedom Institute
Author: Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
Country: United States

This is a summary of the "authentic Islamic position" on female genital mutilation. Ahmad -- a practicing Muslim -- concludes, "the risks to the girl's future ability to enjoy sexual relations with her husband must place it at best in the category of makrûh (disliked) practices." (2000)

Study on Gendercide and Genocide
Source: Genocide
Author: Adam Jones
Country: United States

"The article seeks to place acts of 'gendercide' in comparative and global-historical perspective. It argues that gendercide -- inclusively defined as gender-selective mass killing -- is a frequent and often defining feature of human conflict." The article first appeared in Journal of Genocide Research, 2: 2 (June 2000).

The New Mythology of Rape
Source: zetetics
Author: Wendy McElroy
Country: United States

Rape has ceased to be an act of violence which criminals commit against individual women. It has been placed at the service of a larger political agenda.

Female circumcision
Source: Rutgers University
Author: Jessica A Platt
Country: United States

Platt's contention is that "the international community must establish a balance between upholding religious beliefs and promoting human rights." (PDF file)

The ripple effect of rape
Source: ifeminists
Author: Diane Goss
Country: United Kingdom

Diana Goss -- a registered psychosexual, relationship psychotherapist and social research scientist -- offers her experiences and analysis of "The Ripple Effect of Rape & The Collective Denial."

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