Parents turn to clinics for genital mutilation: U.N.
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More parents are turning to medical clinics to perform genital mutilation, wrongly assuming that it spares girls physical and psychological damage, a U.N. agency warned on Monday.
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Children are being subjected to rape and prostitution by UN peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, the BBC learns.
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Doctors in the Netherlands call for new laws allowing the mercy killing of newborn babies under certain conditions.
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An international conference on female genital mutilation in Africa ends with a fresh call to ban the practice.
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The new government in Sierra Leone has vowed to outlaw female circumcision, a common practice in the West African country, the social welfare minister said Monday.
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An unprecedented reward is offered as police start a major crackdown on female genital mutilation.
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Media in the Middle East and North  Africa, with one of the fastest AIDS growth rates, needs to  help combat the epidemic by fighting cultural taboos, a U.N.  Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said on Tuesday.
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The wife of Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Geulleh delivered a strong attack on female genital mutilation, calling for an end to the practice that is widespread in her country.
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Rising numbers of women in Britain are seeking state-funded cosmetic surgery on their genitals, doctors said on Friday.
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As millions of women inject Botox, reshape noses, and augment breasts, a growing number are now exploring a new frontier, genital plastic surgery.
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United Nations, Nov 23 (PTI) The United Nations is investigating about 150 cases of sexual abuse, including pedophilia, rape and prostitution, against its peacekeepers in the Congo, a top official said.
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A Â£20,000 reward is offered as police start a major crackdown on female genital mutilation.
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LONDON, Aug 28 (IPS) - A new push to reproductive health services planned   at a London conference next week will have to work in Sierra  Leone if  anywhere.
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20 December 2004 - Many of the quarter of a million deaths a year from cervical cancer worldwide could be avoided if women got affordable early screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions, according to a new manual endorsed by the United Nations
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Two medical studies released yesterday confirm that widespread circumcision of adult men is a powerful weapon against HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, a finding that appears destined to reshape AIDS prevention strategies.
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Governments and rebel groups  found to be forcing children into combat or sexual slavery  should be punished if they fail to stem the abuses, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Developed countries are failing to live up to their  commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving  poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report  released Wednesday.