World Clock – Stats#.UvLLtmz6mMs.blogger
February 5, 2014
Fighting female genital mutilation – Family News & Advice | Parenting, Marriage & Kids | The Irish Tim – Tue, Feb 04, 2014
February 5, 2014
Irish News Africa, Education, FGM, Gambia, Ireland, People & Society, peter singhateh Leave a comment
In December 2012 the United Nations (UN) passed five resolutions condemning it. The motions were supported by all the countries in the African Union.
The procedure ranges in severity from a clitoridectomy, or the partial or total removal of the clitoris; excision, or the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora; infibulations, or the narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal with or without a clitoridectomy.
The procedure can lead to multiple problems later in life. Infections, urinary incontinence, infertility, pain during sex and childbirth are among the problems faced by women who have been subjected to FGM.
The UN estimates that 140 million women have suffered FGM, two million girls a year are still subjected to the process. In parts of the Horn of Africa, FGM rates are more than 90 per cent. ..
Capitalism vs. Democracy – NYTimes.com
February 2, 2014
Research Capitalism, Democracy, Free Market, People & Society, peter singhateh Leave a comment
Capitalism vs. Democracy – NYTimes.com.
Thomas Piketty’s new book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” described by one French newspaper as a “a political and theoretical bulldozer,” defies left and right orthodoxy by arguing that worsening inequality is an inevitable outcome of free market capitalism.
Piketty, a professor at the Paris School of Economics, does not stop there. He contends that capitalism’s inherent dynamic propels powerful forces that threaten democratic societies…
Peter "Just Loves Flying" 