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The article reports, “Women who underwent genital cutting as young girls may be at increased risk of physical, sexual or emotional abuse from their husband, a study of women in Mali suggests. The study, of nearly 7,900 women, found that 22 percent of those with genital mutilation said they’d been physically abused by a husband or male partner.

The article reports, “The new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showing a 68 percent decline since 1993 in children’s direct and indirect violent crime exposure is not the first or only good news about children and crime. Other recent reports have highlighted major declines in sexual abuse and caregiver physical abuse.

The article reports, “Jurisdictional conflicts make it difficult to arrest and prosecute non-Natives for crimes committed against Natives. Complications with investigations and court proceedings involving sexual assault and domestic violence cases further decrease likelihood of prosecutions.”

The article reports, “Esta Soler’s work on behalf of battered women started 30 years ago with one small desk in the district attorney’s office and one chair at San Francisco General Hospital.

The article reports, “Kul, who now lives in Paris, said he felt compelled to join the fight against FGM following the experience of a close friend… At the request of an NGO, Kul wrote a song to raise awareness about the harm done by female genital cutting and expose the popular misconception that the practice is required by Islam.”

The article reports, “Hawa Aden Mohamed won the United Nations refugee agency’s Nansen Refugee Award on Tuesday for her work in helping thousands of Somali women and girls, many of them rape victims, start new lives in their battered homeland.”