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Female Genital mutilation has been and I bet still is a hot debate as many communities tend to disagree with the notion that the practice is illegal and a human right abuse. Currently, Thirty-seven communities still practice female genital...
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Male circumcision may help men from contracting the HIV virus but does not protect wives and sexual partners of infected men, researchers reported in an article posted...
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Kawango Agot is not a name that lends itself to easy assignment of gender even in Kenya. The owner of the name is variously presented as Prof. K. Agot, Dr. K. Agot, or...
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A US analysis of data on 53,567 men who have sex with other men found HIV rates were not significantly lower among those who were circumcised.
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The Luhya of western Kenya initiate their youth by circumcision, normally the initiation of the Luhya community of western Kenya always comes after every two years....
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Barbaric, mutilation, child abuse, freaks, nutters, obsessives. The language on both sides of the debate about infant male circumcision is not always temperate. Put...
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A doctor from the Upper Egyptian city of Minya, center, talks to women at the home of a villager from Sultan Zawyit, Egypt, about the dangers of circumcising their daughters on Dec. 5, 2008. The talks are part of grass-roots efforts to stop the...
