FGM SURVIVORS ACTIVISTS SHOULD LEAD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FGM, WITH GREAT SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE AGAINST FGM.

I am saying this from the bottom of my heart we are tired of hearing theories from researchers who have no idea what it feels to be mutilated and honest truth is in general the voices of Survivors and Victims of FGM are not heard or are relegated to sensationalized news and magazine articles:(. A permanent space within international discourses of female genital Mutilation needs to be created so that these women’s voices can be better heard and respected. Survivors activists leads in the fight and not researchers!!!

The special credence currently bestowed upon negative health outcome based arguments potentially marginalizes the women most affected by FGM. These medical arguments make health outcomes the most salient issue in discourses of FGM to the detriment of other possible considerations and assume a uniform experience of health and illness. Issues of culture and agency become subsumed under medical arguments. Additionally, basing discussions of FGM eradication on medical arguments requires specific specialized forms of knowledge and access to scientific studies. For this reason, international discussions of FGM eradication are often inaccessible to mutilated women in the developing world. And that is why we who know the pain and live it we educate our people on the ground though with no any financial support but we do what we can, we might not see the sudden eradication but one day this silent genocide will end!!

Ambassador Lucy S. Mashua, President of Mashua Voice for the Voiceless, International
Assisting and advocating for U.S. refugees and women’s rights
Global Ambassador for Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Chairperson of the Worldwide Campaign Against FGM
Leading in lobbying for HR 5137: The Girl's Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley and Rep. Mary Bono Mack.
http://twitter.com/Mashua
http://mashuavoiceforthevoiceless.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mashua-Against-FGM/225406701415

Please sign our petition

Refrain racism

Greetings, From US immigrant women who feel discriminated by racist terms.

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Anti male circumcision using the racist terms THE CLITORIS WOMAN and VULVA GIRL..

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Refrain racism
We ask department of state global women issues,UNHCR,UNIFEM,AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL,CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL,ALL WOMEN RIGHTS MOVEMENT,PRESIDENT OBAMA, FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA,ALL THE REFUGEES AGENCY to ask the anti male circumcision campaign led by Mike Anderson of intact America to refrain from the racist terms VULVA GIRL AND THE CLITORIS woman and making it as a comic book it's not funny!!!
This is important because most of FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION SURVIVORS live with only half or less of their genitals. hundreds bleed to death every day, We are in America because this country was founded on human rights and respects all people and does not discriminate. But the use of VULVA GIRL AND THE CLITORIS WOMAN in a comic book(they think its funny well I don't!!) is RACISM against Refugees and immigrant girls,women.

Greetings everyone,
My name is LUCY MASHUA I am also the global ambassador for fighting against FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION and standing up for WOMEN RIGHTS.
as you all know the anti male circumcision in the US have new campaigns using female genitalia parts I wonder why they are not just comfortable using their own parts. Anyway since only the immigrant women and girls are directly affected by the atrocity of FGM in the US we find it a racist and a discriminating disrespecting and insensitive term!!!!We have been working on a petition against the racist,disrespecting term(THE CLITORIS WOMAN THE VULVA GIRL) the anti male circumcision are using for their campaign (mostly WHITE MALES)...and since only the female immigrants are affected by FGM it's racism and sexist and it is an insult to all Female genital mutilation survivors and victims. also when it comes to FGM the parts that are mutilated it's not only the clitoris. As a woman I feel so disrespected and as an immigrant discriminated upon,as a FGM survivor I feel stripped naked my dignity as a woman.have in mind all FGM survivors and victims have half or more of their Female genitals removed:(.
We are not against male circumcision campaign we are against the racists terms used in the campaign.
Ambassador Lucy S. Mashua, President of Mashua Voice for the Voiceless, International Assisting and advocating for U.S. refugees and women’s rights Global Ambassador for Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Chairperson of the Worldwide Campaign Against FGM Leading in lobbying for HR 5137: The Girl's Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley and Rep. Mary Bono Mack. http://twitter.com/Mashua http://mashuavoiceforthevoiceless.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mashua-Against-FGM/225406701415
After talking to many immigrant women and refugees this is our petition on behalf of our daughter and FGM survivors in the US.hope even if this term does not directly affect you and you think or believe we have a right in this country to protest please join us.
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Sincerely,

[Your name]
please go to change.org to sign or copy this to your URL bar
http://www.change.org/petitions/anti-male-circumcision-campaign-refrain-from-racism-terms-and-discrimination