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Additionally, there has been an increased focus on how to apply FGMs to biomedical applications, specifically dental and orthopedic implants. For example, bone is an FGM that exhibits a change in elasticity and other mechanical properties between the cortical and cancellous bone. It logically follows that FGMs for orthopedic implants would be ...
They are using technology to fight female genital mutilation (FGM). These activists from Kisumu were brought together by their mentor Dorcas Owinoh to develop an application called i-Cut which helps FGM victims. They are known to have been the only Africans that participated in the 2017 Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley.
The purpose of the project is to increase both teaching and learning. High school graduation standards have declined for several decades. School reform or the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [2] is a way to bring value back to the high school diploma as well as support students as they go out into the world prepared for college, a job, the military, entrepreneurship, internship, or whatever ...
Araweelo was born in Somalia, [2] where she underwent FGM at age 6, without any anesthesia or pain relief. [3] [4] Although her mother was opposed to FGM, she was not in the country at the time, and Araweelo's relatives decided to pursue it. [4] Her seven-year-old cousin underwent FGM on the same day, with Araweelo watching.
Through the sponsorship project "Save A Little Desert Flower" 1,000 girls could be saved from FGM in Sierra Leone. [29] [30] The construction of the first three "Desert Flower schools" in Sierra Leone was announced in early 2019. [31] Diries Desert Flower Foundation is also building a "Safe House", where FGM victims find refuge and protection.
The key to a long life is avoiding the 'poisonous 5 P's,' says one of the world's top anti-aging experts. It's not 8 glasses a day anymore. Here's how much water you should drink each day.
The use of gender-affirming medical care for trans teens was rare between 2018 to 2022, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Roughly 0.1% of gender non-conforming teens used ...
In 2014, 17-year-old Bristol student Fahma Mohamed created an online petition with Change.org on the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, asking Michael Gove, then the education secretary in the United Kingdom, to write to the leaders of all primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom, encouraging them to be ...