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One of Victor Mlotshwa’s attackers can be seen attempting to shove him into a coffin in video footage.Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson are facing charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after they were seen on video forcing Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin and threatening to light him on fire. https://cdn1.truelancer.com/user-picture/172460-57bb1c4640a93.jpg BY: BREANNA EDWARDS AND gERRISHON SIRERE Horrific footage that has since been taken down from YouTube shows a black South African man’s harrowing ordeal as he was forced into a coffin by two white men who threatened him. According to the Washington Post, Victor Mlotshwa was walking and minding his own business when he was approached by two white men who accused him of trespassing on a ranch. Before Mlotshwa could run away, he said, the men forced him into a coffin that happened to be nearby. The men then threatened to pour gasoline on him and set him on fire. One of the men recorded the awful incident. “There was a footpath there and I decided to use it,” Mlotshwa said, according to the Post. “The next thing, there was a grave and then a coffin. There was nothing I could do because the other man had a gun.” In a short clip of the video shared on Twitter by the Economic Freedom Fighters, one of South Africa’s main political parties, one of the men can be seen attempting to close the coffin over Mlotshwa’s head as he cries. According to the Post, the resurfacing of the video has given Mlotshwa a chance at justice, almost three months after the incident. “He didn’t have evidence to prove what had happened; it’s only two weeks back that he decided to open the case. He didn’t think anyone would believe him,” Mlotshwa’s brother, Thobile, told local media, the Post notes. South African authorities have detained Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson in connection with the video. Both men appeared in court Wednesday; they face charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. A judge postponed their trial until January, but the men will remain in prison on remand. “This humiliation can be based on nothing else but his blackness, which means it is in actual fact a humiliation of black people as a whole,” the EFF said in a statement, according to the Post. The party has called for protests at the ranch where the incident occurred. Read more at the Washington Post. |
THE FADING REGION(S) :Science meets Religion
Having to prove existence of God to an atheist is like having to prove to him/her the existence of the sun!
In recent years, news media have highlighted what appears the decline of traditional religion, as exemplified by the rise of the "nones" -- persons who decline to be identified by any particular religious denomination. Their fraction of the U.S. population has risen from 16.1% in 2007 to 22.8% in 2014. Among younger adults, those born 1981-1989, the unaffiliated have increased from 25% to 34% in this time frame. This increase has come at the expense, predominately, of Catholic and mainline Protestant faiths.
But even among the unaffiliated, according to a 2012 poll, 27% attend worship services at least occasionally; 68% affirm some belief in God; 33% say that religion is very or somewhat important in their personal life; and 41% pray on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Young adults are less convinced of the existence of God than older people are today, but their belief in God and religious practice closely resembles the levels seen among the older groups when the older groups were similarly young. For example, in 2008, 53% of those Americans born in 1981 or later say they have no doubt that God exists, which is very similar to the 53% reported in the late 1990s by those born between 1965 and 1980. Also, more aged 18-29 reported engaging in daily prayer in this study than the similar age group did 20 years earlier.What's more, 39% of Americans (including 37% of self-described atheists and 48% of agnostics -- more than the population at large) say that they experience a "deep sense of wonder about the universe" on at least a weekly basis. Shouldn't we describe such persons as "religious," in a broader sense of the term?
Even among professional scientists, there is little indication of significant decline in religious belief or spirituality. In a 2010 study of approximately 1700 natural and social scientists in the U.S., nearly 50% identify with a religious label; roughly 18% attend weekly religious services; 15% consider themselves "very religious;" 13.5% read some religious text weekly; and 19% pray at least once per day.
The essence of Christianity
Another study found that although 30% of the scientists surveyed considered themselves atheists, many of these consider themselves "spiritual atheists," meaning that although they do not subscribe to a traditional Judeo-Christian notion of God, nonetheless they have a deep sense of awe and wonder at the magnificence of nature. Many report a deep craving for "something beyond themselves". A scientific colleague of the present author recently declared that in spite of the fact that he hasn't practiced conventional religion for many years, with regards to the magnificence of the universe and the elegance of scientific laws, he is a "devoted worshipper." Such scientists (and others with similar worldviews) defy simplistic categorization into pigeonholes such as "religious," "nonreligious," "agnostic" or "atheist."
Even allowing for lapses such as the numerous religious wars and persecutions in the historical record (not to mention the intolerance exhibited by some religious groups even today), religion has indisputably played an enormous role throughout history as a governor of moral conduct and a promoter of civilized society. For example, historians Will and Ariel Durant (neither of whom were particularly religious) wrote in their 1968 work Lessons of History that "Even the skeptical historian develops a humble respect for religion, since he sees it functioning, and seemingly indispensable, in every land and age. ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion."
However, for every one of these grand tragedies there are ten thousand acts of personal kindness and social good that go largely unreported in the history books or on the evening news. Religion, like all social institutions of such historical depth and cultural impact, cannot be reduced to an unambiguous good or evil.
A recent U.S. study found a very strong correlation between religious participation and charitable giving. The most charitable states (in terms of the percentage of discretionary income paid to charitable causes), namely Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina, are among the highest in religious participation, while the least charitable states, namely New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, are among the lowest in religious participation.
It is also interesting to note the prediction, by the Durants, in their volume Lessons of History (published in 1968), that if communism in the former Soviet Union would some day fall, then it is likely that there would be a resurgence of religion, long repressed, in that region. Indeed, this appears to be happening. In fact, a 2008 law in Russia allows theological academies to offer degrees recognized by the state. A editorial comment in the western press noted that healthy traditions such as this are "badly needed" as bulwarks against totalitarianism .
While grinding hard and making ourselves richer,we have to keep in mind that religion is waining among some populations. We all may be one catastrophe away from rediscovering religion.
An asteroid strike can serve as a wake-up call so that we may revive our need to worship God.
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November 10, 2016
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THE TOUCH OF MASTER'S HANDS.
'Twas battered and scarred,
And the auctioneer thought it
hardly worth his while
To waste his time on the old violin,
but he held it up with a smile.
"What am I bid, good people", he cried,
"Who starts the bidding for me?"
"One dollar, one dollar, Do I hear two?"
"Two dollars, who makes it three?"
"Three dollars once, three dollars twice, going for three,"
But, No,
From the room far back a gray bearded man
Came forward and picked up the bow,
Then wiping the dust from the old violin
And tightening up the strings,
He played a melody, pure and sweet
As sweet as the angel sings.
The music ceased and the auctioneer
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said "What now am I bid for this old violin?"
As he held it aloft with its' bow.
"One thousand, one thousand, Do I hear two?"
"Two thousand, Who makes it three?"
"Three thousand once, three thousand twice,
Going and gone", said he.
The audience cheered,
But some of them cried,
"We just don't understand."
"What changed its' worth?"
Swift came the reply.
"The Touch of the Masters Hand."
"And many a man with life out of tune
All battered and bruised with hardship
Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd
Much like that old violin
A mess of pottage, a glass of wine,
A game and he travels on.
He is going once, he is going twice,
He is going and almost gone.
But the Master comes,
And the foolish crowd never can quite understand,
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
By the Touch of the Masters' Hand.
This is a song by Walter Brennan its called The Touch of Master's Hands. Listen to it and drop your comments below.
'Twas battered and scarred,
And the auctioneer thought it
hardly worth his while
To waste his time on the old violin,
but he held it up with a smile.
"What am I bid, good people", he cried,
"Who starts the bidding for me?"
"One dollar, one dollar, Do I hear two?"
"Two dollars, who makes it three?"
"Three dollars once, three dollars twice, going for three,"
But, No,
From the room far back a gray bearded man
Came forward and picked up the bow,
Then wiping the dust from the old violin
And tightening up the strings,
He played a melody, pure and sweet
As sweet as the angel sings.
The music ceased and the auctioneer
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said "What now am I bid for this old violin?"
As he held it aloft with its' bow.
"One thousand, one thousand, Do I hear two?"
"Two thousand, Who makes it three?"
"Three thousand once, three thousand twice,
Going and gone", said he.
The audience cheered,
But some of them cried,
"We just don't understand."
"What changed its' worth?"
Swift came the reply.
"The Touch of the Masters Hand."
"And many a man with life out of tune
All battered and bruised with hardship
Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd
Much like that old violin
A mess of pottage, a glass of wine,
A game and he travels on.
He is going once, he is going twice,
He is going and almost gone.
But the Master comes,
And the foolish crowd never can quite understand,
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
By the Touch of the Masters' Hand.
Here's classic the video of the classic poem The
Touch of Master's Hands.
This is a song by Walter Brennan its called The Touch of Master's Hands. Listen to it and drop your comments below
November 03, 2016
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The waste and recycling ‘bin police’ are here to check through your recycling
A book was published in 1949 written by George Orwell, an excerpt reads “”It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen yet he is uncertain of the true date, given the regime’s continual rewriting and manipulation of history”. The novel was named “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and one of the often repeated quotations, taken from posters of the party leader, Big Brother, which bears the caption “Big Brother is watching you” which dominate cities in “Airstrip One” otherwise known as Britain.
Well if you live in Stoke-on-Trent, “Big Brother” is out and about looking to see if you are putting the correct things in your bins which the council collect. Anyone caught going against the council’s wishes will get a yellow card on their bin. It appears that the council have taken on special employees, which are referred to as “waste minimisation” staff to go through residents’ blue wheelie bins to make sure they’re throwing away the right kind of rubbish. As you can imagine, the project has been met with derision from many ratepayers, but as the council point out says the project will actually save money as contamination of recyclable waste costs in the region of £500,000 a year from items such as soiled nappies being thrown into the recycling bin. Not everyone is against the scheme of course, for example Barbara Andrew suggested that any green initiative should be welcomed, why dump items into waste fill sites when they could be recycled and save money.
we explain what happens to your stuff after you toss them into the little green bin.
However, there is a problem and a BBC Freedom of Information request found councils were unable to recycle 338,000 tonnes of waste in 2014-15, up from about 184,000 tonnes in 2011-12. The main problem facing householders is the confusion about what can and what cannot be recycled. Some council’s will take glass, other will not. Another problem is, for example, should just one non-recyclable item is found to be included with recyclable items the whole bin is effectively contaminated. Councils then have to re-sort it, which is time consuming and very expensive. As one commentator succinctly pointed out: I understand that the idiots that put dirty nappies etcetera in recycle bins should be told off for it, but refusing to take rubbish is really taking matters too far”! Well if this happens in Stoke-on Trent, “Big Brother will be watching” and it is not the crowd that appear on UK television channel 5, no these will slap a yellow card on your bin if you do not behave and it could result in repeat offenders who will find their bins not being collected.tune in for more!!!!!!...
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October 07, 2016
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CHRISTINE WAWIRA
Wawira who was formerly known as Naila Pierce is a Kenyan born actress and model living in North Hollywood. Most of her background is in acting. She has ventured into modeling and she's looking to collaborate with photographers to help her create an awesome portfolio!
She is a big dreamer, a go getter, and a risk taker. She believes that if you can think it, you can achieve it!
"I live life to the fullest and I pursue my passion and my dreams every day! I want to inspire millions and change the world. I want to be a role model and show the world that no matter where you are from, your dreams are valid and they can come true with hard work, and dedication!" she says.
Her Family Background
She was born on December 20th 1987 in Nairobi Kenya. She lived there until she was 7 years old and relocated to London with her parents and younger sister in 1994. She attended Woodlands Park Primary School and Kensington Avenue Primary School. She was in her first play at the age of 9 at Kensington Avenue Primary School. In the schools production of Oliver Twist, she played a milkmaid. At the age of 12, she relocated with her parents and sister to Atlanta Georgia where she attended Marrietta Middle School and North Cobb High School. At North Cobb High, she joined the drama club in the hopes of getting rid of her shyness and meeting new people. And it was there that she found a love for acting. As a freshman, she was cast in a play that went to State Competition and they won 1st place. She was also inducted into the International Thespian Society in her Freshman year. After 2 years at North Cobb, she relocated to Moreno Valley, California where she attended Canyon Springs High school. She graduated with the class of 2006, and she has been acting ever since. She has been in several movies, TV shows, commercials and music videos. She currently resides with her family in North Hollywood, CA.
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Her Family Background
She was born on December 20th 1987 in Nairobi Kenya. She lived there until she was 7 years old and relocated to London with her parents and younger sister in 1994. She attended Woodlands Park Primary School and Kensington Avenue Primary School. She was in her first play at the age of 9 at Kensington Avenue Primary School. In the schools production of Oliver Twist, she played a milkmaid. At the age of 12, she relocated with her parents and sister to Atlanta Georgia where she attended Marrietta Middle School and North Cobb High School. At North Cobb High, she joined the drama club in the hopes of getting rid of her shyness and meeting new people. And it was there that she found a love for acting. As a freshman, she was cast in a play that went to State Competition and they won 1st place. She was also inducted into the International Thespian Society in her Freshman year. After 2 years at North Cobb, she relocated to Moreno Valley, California where she attended Canyon Springs High school. She graduated with the class of 2006, and she has been acting ever since. She has been in several movies, TV shows, commercials and music videos. She currently resides with her family in North Hollywood, CA.
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September 19, 2016
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Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. Located on Kenya's Eastern coastline bordering the Indian Ocean, it’s original Arabic name is Manbasa. In Kiswahili, it is called "Kisiwa Cha Mvita", which means "Island of War" due to the many changes in its ownership. The history of the city is a mixture of African, Persian, Arab, Portuguese and British influences which contributed to the rich cultures found in the city today. Mombasa, a great trading centre with several items such as glass, brass, copper, iron and rhino horn passing through the coast, was originally inhabited by the African Bantu people. The city was then visited by Jordanians in 6th century, Persians in the 9th and 10th century and thereafter Arabs. In this period the Arabs and Persians developed trading routes, commercial centers and contributed to a flowering of civilization reflected in the glorious architecture of their grand houses, monuments and mosques.
Over the centuries Mombasa struggled with numerous foreign invaders and hostility. The Portuguese, the ferocious Zimba tribe, and the Omanis have all laid claim to Mombasa since the 12th century. By the 15th century, Mombasa was a thriving, sophisticated city with established trade routes to China, Persia, and India. Around this time the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama discovered the city while on a voyage around Africa to find the sea route to India. After a period of less than 5 years the Portuguese returned to attack the city. Five years later, Almeida, another Portuguese seafarer, plundered the port and 23 years later the Portuguese mounted another raid. The invaders then occupied Mombasa, building the impressive Fort Jesus and dominated the entrance to the old harbour, between 1593 and 1598. The Arabs made several attempts to regain the town but, the Portuguese, supported mainly by supplies from their Indian colony, Goa, hung onto it for around 100 years. The occupiers were finally defeated in the siege of Fort Jesus which began in March 1696. Portuguese and Indian soldiers eventually relieved the Fort in September 1697, but they could not break the siege. The centuries of conflict earned Mombasa the name “the island of War"
Later the Arab's triumphed scaling the walls of the fort. Intrigue and rivalry between competing Omani rulers led to a decline in trading along the coast and Mombasa fell under the rule of the Mazruis, who were finally overcome by the Omani leader, Bey Saidi Sultan Sayyid Said in 1822 (whose remains are still buried in Mombasa today). Two years later, the British warship HMS Leven arrived in Mombasa.
Answering to the appeals of the Mazruis, the commander, Captain Owen, agreed to declare the city a British protectorate, in return for a promise from the Mazruis to abolish slavery.
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During this period, Mombasa prospered under the Sultan, underpinned largely by the slave trade. However he came under increasing pressure by the British to end the practice and in 1845, he was forced into a treaty that severely restricted this activity. In 1886, in an agreement between Britain and Germany, the territories of Kenya and Uganda were assigned to the British while Tanganyika (Tanzania) came under the rule of Germany. The Imperial British East Africa Company set up its headquarters in Mombasa in 1888. It was the springboard for the colonization of Kenya and the beginning of a British dominance in the country that was to last until independence in 1963. By the late 1800s it became the base of exploration for British expeditions to Kenya’s interior. In 1988, the Imperial British East Africa Company set up headquarters in Mombasa. British rule of Mombasa became official in 1895 when they leased a stretch of the coast including the port city from the Sultan of Zanzibar. Officially this coastal strip still belonged to Zanzibar until ceded to a newly independent Kenya in 1963. The British affirmed Mombasa’s importance as East Africa’s most vital port when they completed a railway in 1901 stretching from Mombasa to Uganda. Today, the city remains one of Africa’s major links to the rest of the world. Built on a 15 sq km island, Mombasa is surrounded by a natural harbor. The mainland coasts north and south of the city boast a proliferation of tourist resorts. Within the city itself, a traveler has numerous opportunities for exploration and discovery. Remnants of slave trade can still be seen today around the town. Fort Jesus still contains cells where the slaves were held, and various artifacts from that era.
Below are photo galleries of Ancient historical sites in Mombasa
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September 09, 2016
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LIFE AND JOURNEY OF HELLEN KELER
Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. In 1882, she fell ill and was struck blind, deaf and mute. Beginning in 1887, Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her make tremendous progress with her ability to communicate, and Keller went on to college, graduating in 1904. In 1920, Keller helped found the ACLU. During her lifetime, she received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments.
Early Life
Helen Keller was the first of two daughters born to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. She also had two older stepbrothers. Keller's father had proudly served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The family was not particularly wealthy and earned income from their cotton plantation. Later, Arthur became the editor of a weekly local newspaper, the North Alabamian. Keller was born with her senses of sight and hearing, and started speaking when she was just 6 months old. She started walking at the age of 1.
Loss of Sight and Hearing
In 1882, however, Keller contracted an illness—called "brain fever" by the family doctor—that produced a high body temperature. The true nature of the illness remains a mystery today, though some experts believe it might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. Within a few days after the fever broke, Keller's mother noticed that her daughter didn't show any reaction when the dinner bell was rung, or when a hand was waved in front of her face. Keller had lost both her sight and hearing. She was just 19 months old. As Keller grew into childhood, she developed a limited method of communication with her companion, Martha Washington, the young daughter of the family cook. The two had created a type of sign language, and by the time Keller was 7, they had invented more than 60 signs to communicate with each other. But Keller had become very wild and unruly during this time. She would kick and scream when angry, and giggle uncontrollably when happy. She tormented Martha and inflicted raging tantrums on her parents. Many family relatives felt she should be institutionalized.
Educator Anne Sullivan
Looking for answers and inspiration, in 1886, Keller's mother came across a travelogue by Charles Dickens, American Notes. She read of the successful education of another deaf and blind child, Laura Bridgman, and soon dispatched Keller and her father to Baltimore, Maryland to see specialist Dr. J. Julian Chisolm. After examining Keller, Chisolm recommended that she see Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, who was working with deaf children at the time. Bell met with Keller and her parents, and suggested that they travel to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts. There, the family met with the school's director, Michael Anaganos. He suggested Helen work with one of the institute's most recent graduates, Anne Sullivan. And so began a 49-year relationship between teacher and pupil. On March 3, 1887, Sullivan went to Keller's home in Alabama and immediately went to work. She began by teaching six year-old Helen finger spelling, starting with the word "doll," to help Keller understand the gift of a doll she had brought along. Other words would follow. At first, Keller was curious, then defiant, refusing to cooperate with Sullivan's instruction. When Keller did cooperate, Sullivan could tell that she wasn't making the connection between the objects and the letters spelled out in her hand. Sullivan kept working at it, forcing Helen to go through the regimen.
As Keller's frustration grew, the tantrums increased. Finally, Sullivan demanded that she and Keller be isolated from the rest of the family for a time, so that Keller could concentrate only on Sullivan's instruction. They moved to a cottage on the plantation.
In a dramatic struggle, Sullivan taught Keller the word "water"; she helped her make the connection between the object and the letters by taking Keller out to the water pump, and placing Keller's hand under the spout. While Sullivan moved the lever to flush cool water over Keller's hand, she spelled out the word w-a-t-e-r on Helen's other hand. Keller understood and repeated the word in Sullivan's hand. She then pounded the ground, demanding to know its "letter name." Sullivan followed her, spelling out the word into her hand. Keller moved to other objects with Sullivan in tow. By nightfall, she had learned 30 words.
Below is a video about Hellen Keller's epic life.
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September 03, 2016
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Credit: The Free Thought Project.
If police were taught to de-escalate situations rather than react out of fear, he might still be alive.
It’s been argued that the reason Norway police are so much more effective at their jobs than cops in the U.S. is because they undergo three years of training and learn to de-escalate situations, whereas cops in America receive only a fraction of the education and tend to react out of fear rather than respond rationally.
The statistics back up this argument. Every day, U.S. police kill more people than Norwegian cops have in the past ten years. Perhaps if law enforcement officials were educated differently, a deaf man named Daniel Kevin Harris might still be alive today.
According to WCNC, Harris was shot dead by a state trooper in North Carolina this week. Reportedly, the state trooper had attempted to pull over Harris’ vehicle but for an unknown reason, the deceased did not stop. He instead drove to his home.
When both vehicles pulled up to Harris’ home, they were both damaged. A neighbor, Mark Barringer, told the press:
“I was here in my driveway and I saw the highway patrol car come through and it was smoking really bad. About 10 seconds later, I heard one gunshot.”
That gunshot was fatal. Barringer says he went to take a closer look after hearing the noise and found Harris in the middle of the street, just feet away from his front door.
Barringer commented:
“It was surreal, you just don’t expect to see something like that. When the gunshot went off, it was scary.”Since the tragic event, neighbors have put flowers near where Harris took his final breaths.
While the Detectives say the state trooper and Harris got into “an encounter” before he fired his weapon, neighbors relay that the deaf man was shot immediately upon exiting the vehicle. They believe he was trying to communicate via sign language before he was killed.
“They should’ve de-escalated and been trained to realize that this is an entirely different situation, you’re pulling someone over who is deaf, they are handicapped. To me, what happened is totally unacceptable.”The incident is still under investigation, and the state trooper responsible for shooting and killing Harris has been placed on administrative leave.
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August 26, 2016
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION KEY FACTS
Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. UNICEF estimated in 2016 that 200 million women had undergone the procedures in 27 countries in Africa.
The practice is also found elsewhere in Asia, the Middle East, and among communities from these areas around the world.
Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. UNICEF estimated in 2016 that 200 million women had undergone the procedures in 27 countries in Africa.
Key facts
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
- The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women.
- Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths.
- More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated1.
- FGM is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15.
- FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play other central roles in communities, such as attending childbirths. In many settings, health care providers perform FGM due to the erroneous belief that the procedure is safer when medicalized. WHO strongly urges health professionals not to perform such procedures. FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is nearly always carried out on minors and is a violation of the rights of children. The practice also violates a person's rights to health, security and physical integrity, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life when the procedure results in death.
August 26, 2016
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The last wish A death row inmate awaiting execution, asked as a last wish a pencil and paper. After writing for several minutes, the convict called the prison guard and asked that this letter be handed over to his biological mother. The letter said ... Mother, if there were more justice in this world, we would be both executed and not just me. You're as guilty as I am for the life I led. Remind yourself when I stole and bring home the bicycle of a boy like me? You helped me to hide the bicycle for my father did not see it. Do you remember the time I stole money from the neighbor's wallet? You went with me to the mall to spend it. Do you remember when I argued with my father and he's gone? He just wanted to correct me because I stole the final result of the competition and for that I had been expelled. Mom, I was just a child, shortly after I became a troubled teenager and now I'm a pretty malformed man. Mom, I was just a child in need of correction, and not an approval. But I forgive you! I just want this letter to reach the greatest number of parents in the world, so they can know what makes all people, good or bad ...is education. Thank you mother for giving me life and also helping me to lose it. Your child offender. REFLECTION: "He who spares the rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly "(Proverbs 13: 24). "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. " (Nelson Mandela)For 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world's leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally.
July 22, 2016
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