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It is inflicted on girls to make them "acceptable" as future wives.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Each year an estimated 2 million girls suffer this barbaric ritual, now more appropriately referred to as female genital mutilation.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>At its very least female genital mutilation involves cutting off the tip of the clitoris. At its worst it involves cutting off the clitoris, inner labia and some of  the outer labia and stitching up what remains, leaving a small hole for menstruation and urination. The "operation" is usually done with scissors, a razor blade or knife and without anaesthetic.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>So entrenched is the notion that no man will marry a woman not "purified" in this way that it is usually the female relatives who hold the girl down to do the cutting!</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>I respect everyone's right to practice their own beliefs, customs and ethnic traditions - provided they don't cause suffering to others. But I cannot see how mutilating someone's body and destroying their sexuality can be considered an "ethnic tradition" any more than I can accept that other forms of cruelty and torture are ethnic traditions.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Cruelty and torture remain cruelty and torture whatever belief, custom or tradition is used to legitimise and perpetuate them.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>For more about female genital mutilation visit:</font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm" target="_blank">http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm</a></font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>To take positive action against all human rights abuses</font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>go to: <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/" target="_blank">http://www.amnesty.org/</a></font></font></font> <br>  <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=2 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Top">Top</a></font></font></font></td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Stamp out discrimination">Next</a></font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> <p><a NAME="Stamp out discrimination"></a> <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=4 COLS=1 WIDTH="408" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER> <center><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 WIDTH="400" BGCOLOR="#FFBAB5" > <tr> <td> <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=1 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1>People Power</font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> <center><b><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Stamp out discrimination against women </font></font></font></b></center> <p><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>All over the world women are abused. Women and girls suffer domestic violence, restrictions on their sexual and reproductive autonomy, exploitation, trafficking for sexual slavery, forced labour and sexual abuse as a weapon of war. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>In the workplace women endure discrimination and harassment. In custody they suffer assault by their jailers. In countries that give male family members authority over women they are denied equality before the law and excluded from participation in public life. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the first international treaty to comprehensively address fundamental rights for women. It defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets a framework for action to end it. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>CEDAW has been ratified by all industrialised countries except The United States.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>That's right... all industrialised countries except The United States.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>What can you do? Take action. Join the Human Rights Watch campaign at: </font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/cedaw/" target="_blank">http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/cedaw/ </a></font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>To help end sexual torture against women visit: </font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1><a href="http://web.amnesty.org/pages/tur-140203-action-eng" target="_blank">http://web.amnesty.org/pages/tur-140203-action-eng</a></font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Take positive action against all human rights abuses at: <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/" target="_blank">http://www.amnesty.org/</a> and <a href="http://www.hrw.org/" target="_blank">http://www.hrw.org/</a></font></font></font> <br>  <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=3 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Top">Top</a></font></font></font></td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Stop cruelty">Previous</a></font></font></font></td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#End sexual torture">Next</a></font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> <p><a NAME="End sexual torture"></a> <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=4 COLS=1 WIDTH="408" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER> <center><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 WIDTH="400" BGCOLOR="#FFBAB5" > <tr> <td> <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=1 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1>People Power</font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> <center><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>End sexual torture in custody </font></font></font></b></center> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>In many countries people of both sexes and various ages are subjected to abuse, including torture and sexual crimes by police and prison guards. The offenders are seldom brought to justice. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>A quick look at the <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/" target="_blank">Amnesty International</a> web site shows many such cases. One of their recent campaigns focused on abuses against women in Turkey where "women from all social and cultural backgrounds have been abused, assaulted, tortured and subjected to sexual crimes by state security forces, acquaintances, complete strangers, and by family members, including their partners." </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Amnesty goes on to say that "Although all women are at risk of violence, due to specific patterns of discrimination in Turkey, Amnesty International is concerned that Kurdish women, particularly those living in the south-east, and women who hold political beliefs that are unacceptable to the government or the military, have been at increased risk of violence at the hands of agents of the state." </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>To find out more and to help end sexual torture against women in custody visit: </font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1><a href="http://web.amnesty.org/pages/tur-140203-action-eng" target="_blank">http://web.amnesty.org/pages/tur-140203-action-eng</a></font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>To take positive action against all human rights abuses</font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>go to: <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/" target="_blank">http://www.amnesty.org/</a></font></font></font> <br>  <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=3 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Top">Top</a></font></font></font></td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Stamp out discrimination">Previous</a></font></font></font></td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#End torture">Next</a></font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> <p><a NAME="End torture"></a> <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=4 COLS=1 WIDTH="408" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER> <center><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 WIDTH="400" BGCOLOR="#FFBAB5" > <tr> <td> <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=1 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1>People Power</font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> <center><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>An end to torture </font></font></font></b></center> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Lately, the spotlight has been on Iraq but do you realise that the abuse of prisoners there is just the tip of the iceberg? In many other countries too, people of both sexes and various ages are the victims of sexual crimes and torture by police and prison guards. The offenders are seldom brought to justice. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>You can make a difference.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Take action against all human rights abuses. Visit </font></font></font> <br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Amnesty International: <a href="http://web.amnesty.org/pages/tur-140203-action-eng" target="_blank">http://web.amnesty.org/</a></font></font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1><font face="Verdana">and Human Rights Watch: </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="http://www.hrw.org/" target="_blank">http://www.hrw.org/</a></font></font></font> <br>  <center><table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=2 WIDTH="200" BGCOLOR="#5A005A" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#Top">Top</a></font></font></font></td> <td ALIGN=CENTER><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC"><font size=-1><a href="#End sexual torture">Previous</a></font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> <center><table WIDTH="500" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP><font face="Verdana,Arial"><font color="#FFCCCC">Erotic fiction for <i>sensual</i> adults.</font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> <center><table WIDTH="500" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP><font size=-2><font color="#999999"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">| </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="default.htm">Home</a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="erotic-ebooks-catalogue-three-fs.html">Free ebooks</a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="erotic-ebooks-fs.html">Erotic Tales collections</a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font></font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="erotic-art-fs.html">Erotic art and literature</a></font><font color="#999999"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="hot-news-fs.html">Erotic News</a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font></font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP><font size=-2><font color="#999999"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">|</font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="erotic-links-fs.html">Erotic Links</a></font> |  </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="sex-toys-fs.html">Erotic toys and lingerie</a></font><font color="#999999"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="adult-dating-fs.html">Erotic people online </a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">| </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="faq-fs.html">Help  FAQ</a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> | </font><font face="Verdana,Arial"><a href="erotic-privacy-fs.html">Privacy</a></font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> |</font></font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#999999"><font size=-2>Copyright 2007 (C) Erotic Tales.</font></font></font></td> </tr> </table></center> </td> </tr> </table> </body>