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National Organization to A Health & Human Rights Organization
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It
is the privilege, the curse, and ultimately the responsibility of human rights
advocates
to illuminate subjects that most people prefer to ignore.
For over 100 years, English-speaking
societies, most notably the United States,
have debated
the pros and cons of circumcising healthy male children.
In a new era of children’s rights, greater respect for their rights must be accorded.
Circumcision of healthy infants and children is not in their best interests.
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The time to act in the defense of children is now. If you share this understanding and commitment, we welcome you to our site. We encourage you to explore what others are doing and how you can help. |
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Whether done in the name of family, culture, religion or medicine, genital cutting customs are forced upon normal, healthy children. When imposed on girls, these customs tend to be as severe, or more so, than those imposed on boys. Boys, however, are six times more likely to be subjected to these genital violations than girls. To express concern for individual rights to one's own body, NOHARMM created The Genital Integrity Ribbon in 1998 from a concept developed in 1996 by the late human rights activist John A. Erickson.
The colors blue and pink remind us that genital mutilations transcend gender. Although each side is a different color, they are two sides of the same ribbon. Male and female circumcision are also different, but they share many important similarities and are two sides of the same issue - children's rights to bodily integrity and eventual self-determination.
Physical integrity and self-determination are basic and universal rights recognized by numerous international human rights treaties. The Genital Integrity Ribbon is a compassionate expression of solidarity among children's rights advocates, as well as a sign of one's commitment to protecting, for all individuals, these fundamental human rights.
The blue and pink ribbon web image may only be used in conjunction with the text: Genital Integrity. © 1998 NOHARMM
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If you don’t understand why circumcision is not in the best interests of children,
please visit these sites for more information.
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
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