{"id":516,"date":"2014-03-19T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=516"},"modified":"2014-03-19T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T09:59:12","slug":"international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2014\/03\/19\/international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">Members of SI Cannock &amp; District joined members from other clubs within Midland Chase Region to mark International Women\u2019s Day on March 8<sup>th<\/sup> by holding a conference to rise awareness and understanding of Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">The event was informative and at times emotional, even harrowing.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>There were 4 speakers: Lilli Loveday from \u201c28 Too Many\u201d spoke of the work of the charity in the 28 countries in Africa where FGM, or cutting, is prevalent.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Antonia Bright from Working for Justice gave information on the Asylum process in this country \u2013 many women escaping their country of birth because of the practice of FGM seek asylum here, their path is not an easy one.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Carol McCormick<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">spoke of the issue from the perspective of women in the UK and the difficulties they face, she is a midwife and Senior Practitioner for FGM in Nottingham.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The most emotional speaker was Maimuna Jawo, a Ugandan woman who has been in this country for a while and is currently seeking asylum here.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>She is \u2018the cutter\u2019 for her tribe at home and wishes to stop the practice; she is an incredibly brave woman who has been interviewed and reported on TV and in the press.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Her story affected everyone who heard it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">FGM is a cultural practice, not religious in any way; it is totally harmful to girls and women with no medical benefits whatsoever. It has been illegal in this country snce 1985 but there have been no prosecutions even though there have been many reports to the Police and other agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">All clubs within Midland Chase Region will be focusing on this issue over the coming months to raise awareness and to work towards stopping the practice. More information can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.28toomany.org\/\">www.28toomany.org<\/a> ; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfj.ueaa.net\/\">www.mfj.ueaa.net<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigbi.org\/\">www.sigbi.org<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of SI Cannock &amp; District joined members from other clubs within Midland Chase Region&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>International Women&#039;s Day | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : International Women&#039;s Day : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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