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Red faces in France over Olympic mascots made in China
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PARIS: The choice by Paris 2024 Olympics organisers of a cuddly red Phrygian cap as the Games' mascot is proving a harder sell than expected, after critics pounced on the fact that most will be made in China -- and others couldn't help seeing a symbol of feminine sexuality.
Researchers identify brain region linked to clitoral stimulation
AFP, Published on 21/12/2021
» WASHINGTON: A new scientific study has identified the brain region linked to genital touch in women, and found that it was more developed in volunteers who reported having more sex.
Ultra-modern Singapore's dark secret: female genital mutilation
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» SINGAPORE - Saza Faradilla was 22 when she discovered her genitals had been cut when she was a baby, part of a quietly persistent traditional practice among Singapore's minority Muslim community.
Women hail victory as Sudan moves to ban genital cutting
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» KHARTOUM: Hakam Ibrahim was seven when, like most Sudanese girls, she became a victim of female genital mutilation -- an age-old practice decried as horrific that the post-revolution government is now banning.
Sierra Leone's secret societies mark bodies and minds
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» FREETOWN - Wearing a fading Mickey Mouse T-shirt, her knees hugged to her chest, eight-year-old Musu Kamara sits in a corrugated shack in Sierra Leone's capital waiting for her initiation into a secret society.
Swiss women rise up for equal pay
AFP, Published on 14/06/2019
» GENEVA - Statues draped in purple in Neuchatel, blocked traffic in Lausanne and a massive clenched fist feminist symbol projected onto a skyscraper in Basel: women across Switzerland went on strike Friday for equal pay.
Study finds 'significant decline' in genital mutilation rates in girls
AFP, Published on 07/11/2018
» PARIS - Rates of female genital mutilation among girls under 14 have fallen sharply in most regions of Africa over three decades, according to ground-breaking analysis cautiously welcomed by aid groups.