What do you stand for? ,Iknow Istand to see the end to see the end of FEMALE GENITITAL MUTILATION and ALL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN! Lucy Mashua

Ambassador Lucy Mashua Assisting and advocating for U.S. refugees and women’s rightsGlobal Ambassador for Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)Leading the Worldwide Campaign Against FGMLobbying for HR 2221:The Girl's Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley and Rep. Mary Bono Mack. and S 1919 introduced by Senator Harry Reid,http://twitter.com/Mashuahttp://mashuavoiceforthevoiceless.blogspot.com/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mashua-Against-FGM/225406701415

FRENCH GOVERNMENT ALL THE BLOOD OF THE YOUNG GIRLS THAT HAVE BEEN MUTILATED IS IN YOUR HANDS YOU HAVE NOT CONVICTED ANY ONE CAUGHT ACTUALLY YOU GIVE THEM A WARNING ISTEAD OF JAILING THE BLOODY MUTILATORS? FRENCH GOVERNMENT YOU SUPPORT FGM? TELL THE WORLD WHY YOU HAVE NOT PROSECUTED ANY! LUCY MASHUA

FRENCH GOVERNMENT ALL THE BLOOD OF THE YOUNG GIRLS THAT HAVE BEEN MUTILATED IS IN YOUR HANDS YOU HAVE NOT CONVICTED ANY ONE CAUGHT ACTUALLY YOU GIVE THEM A WARNING ISTEAD OF JAILING THE BLOODY MUTILATORS? FRENCH GOVERNMENT YOU SUPPORT FGM? Couple who mutilated their four daughters in france to Face French Court ,I blame the French government who even after they caught the couple in 2005 they gave them a warning now the couple mutilated the two more remaining who nearly bled to death!,

A couple of Guinean origin who genitaly butcherd their four daughters under French government watch is to stand trial for female genital mutilation in France on Tuesday. Although they were put under control of court in 2005 when their two elder daughters were found to have undergone female genital mutilation, their two younger daughters were later found to have suffered the same fate. The couple, who came to France in the late 1980s, have been charged with complicity in violence, "having brought about the mutilation of a minor of less than 15 years old". They face up to 15 years in jail. Female genital mutilation, is traditional in about 30 African countries but illegal in France. The couple's two elder daughters were found to have been mutilated after one of them, then aged 14, was admitted to hospital for appendicitis in Nevers, central France. After at first denying any knowledge of genital butchering the father went on to mention a woman who might have practised it, while denying that he knew it was illegal in France and that he had agreed to it taking place. The couple were placed under judicial control, a form of parole. At the time the two younger girls had not been mutilated but they were found to have undergone mutilation in 2009 when hospital staff again notified the authorities after the youngest, then aged seven, was admitted with heavy bleeding from the vagina. Again the parents denied any knowledge and the girls refused to say what had happened. Their defence will "explain the reason why and the cultural context", rather than denying that the incident took place, their lawyer Guillaume Valat told the AFP news agency. "This case is a first in so far as the parents were warned in 2005 but did it again," lawyer Linda Weil-Curiel, acting for the Committee for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation, said. About 40 vaginal mutilation cases have been taken to court in France AND NOT A SINGLE MUTILATOR HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, Ambassador Lucy Mashua Assisting and advocating for U.S. refugees and women’s rightsGlobal Ambassador for Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)Leading the Worldwide Campaign Against FGMLobbying for HR 2221:The Girl's Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley and Rep. Mary Bono Mack. and S 1919 introduced by Senator Harry Reid,http://twitter.com/Mashuahttp://mashuavoiceforthevoiceless.blogspot.com/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mashua-Against-FGM/225406701415

Letter we send to the Swedish culture minister, since there has not been formal or informal apology to FGM survivors and activists working day and night to end FGM by the way which is not a laughing matter.

We send by post and emailed this well put and respectful letter even though we are angry. all we ask for is an apology. the letter reads as follows.

14/05/2012. Dear Minister for Culture and Sports, This letter is written on behalf of everyone who has either died, survived or is advocating an end to the harmful cultural practice of female genital mutilation. Before writing this letter, an honest attempt has been made to unravel the exact events of what actually happened and why at the Moderna Museet; concerning the Swedish Artists organisation cultural event that took place recently. In the research undertaken for the writing of this letter, it is of the understanding that you are a supposed supporter of anti-FGM campaigns and that Sweden takes a serious stance against this extreme gender –based violence. This cultural practice is based on historical traditions, but today it is widely recognised as being very harmful and causing deaths amongst girls and women. In fact, to date, it is not completely known how many women and girls have actually died, given that the number of deaths are under reported and in rural Africa true figures are not known. What we do know is that injury and complications are serious and a life-time of health complications results from this practice. These facts you will be well acquainted with, given your interest in the subject. So, it is with astonishment that you took part in this dreadful and de-based spectacle. In your defence, journalists have argued that you walked into something which you were unaware the full ramifications of. That once in the room, you had to go along with it. This is no defence. You must have known how much insult you would cause and what a media disaster this would be for you and the party you represent. You should have known exactly what you were attending and what you would be expected to do. There is no reason that can be seen, as to how this was ever going to ever help the anti-FGM cause and make a point of its abhorrence. It was a theatrical spectacle where the whole issue was made into a joke, something to be laughed at. This may very well have been the last thing you wanted, but this is the result. And the result is upsetting to those directly affected. Therefore, this letter is asking for a full public apology not only from you but from the artist Makode Linde for the extremely misguided actions and the subsequent hurt and humiliation you have caused to its victims. We do hope you have the compassion, the moral fibre and the dignity to respond in a positive way to this request. To date, we know of no written or verbal apology. Thank you for your attention in this matter. Yours sincerely, FGM survivor FGM survivor 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) Leading in lobbying for HR 2221: 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 Contact: HYPERLINK "mailto:Mashuavoiceforthevoiceless@gmail.com" Mashuavoiceforthevoiceless@gmail.com Helen Marshall, Norfolk UK. Activist against FGM. Supporter of the African NGO Tareto Maa, Kilgoris, Kenya, refuge for girls fleeing FGM and early enforced marriage Contact HYPERLINK "mailto:leilaexpressions@gmail.com" leilaexpressions@gmail.com (This letter is a follow up from an e-mail sent by Lucy. S. Mashua and we hope you have received and read one of these communications. Thank you.)