France Seeks To Prohibit Forced Marriage, Genital Mutilation

by Laurence Joan-Grange
Huffington Post
April 14, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1751/your-request-is-being-processed-france-seeks-to

Excerpt:

France's government launched a campaign Tuesday against forced marriages and genital mutilation, seeking to protect women from practices that quietly thrive in immigrant communities the nation is struggling to integrate.

The government is handing out 100,000 leaflets to schools, doctors and other public services explaining the health and legal risks and providing information on support services for victims.

The campaign involves two stark, red, white and black brochures. One pictures a razor _ a tool often used in genital mutilation _ in a circle with a slash through it. The other shows a splayed palm, a ring of barbed wire being slid over the ring finger, also circled with a slash running through it.

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