Female genital cutting (FGC), also called female circumcision, has affected more than 135 million women and girls worldwide. The cutting usually takes place between the ages of 4 and 12 and can cause serious complications including severe bleeding, infection, long-term difficulties with intercourse and childbirth, and even death.
Working with community leaders, CARE has already made progress in ending female genital cutting. Now we need the help of people like you.
By signing this petition today, you'll be raising awareness and taking a stand to stop the painful practice of female genital cutting. Your name will be added to a list that will demonstrate to key decision makers and change agents just how strong the opposition against FGC is.
We must do all we can to save these girls from a lifetime of pain and suffering. Start by taking a stand against FGC. Sign today.
P.S. A father was recently convicted of genital mutilation right here in United States. Read this story on the Care2 News Network: Click here.
We signed the “Stand Against Female Genital Cutting” petition!
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3:57 pm PDT, Apr 23,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
cruel
# 37,602:
10:29 am PDT, Apr 23,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Not necessary, may be painful and against a person's will. Also, may have been invented by men as another way of gaining power over women.
# 37,601:
9:01 am PDT, Apr 22,Christine Marcelino, Philippines
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1:05 pm PDT, Apr 21,Name not displayed, New York
# 37,599:
11:35 am PDT, Apr 20,Justyna Makola, Poland
# 37,598:
2:51 pm PDT, Apr 18,Name not displayed, Zimbabwe
# 37,597:
6:55 pm PDT, Apr 17,Vanessa Garvy, Illinois
It's horrible and very cruel.
# 37,596:
5:10 pm PDT, Apr 16,Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
# 37,595:
10:35 pm PDT, Apr 11,Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Would you want to be mutilated?
# 37,594:
7:50 pm PDT, Apr 10,Jessilyn Perez, Florida
# 37,593:
10:40 pm PDT, Apr 9,Anna Migneco, Missouri
# 37,592:
2:54 pm PDT, Apr 9,Mary Allhoff, Missouri
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7:27 am PDT, Apr 9,Can Atik, Turkey
# 37,590:
5:52 am PDT, Apr 9,Michelle Ziegler, Missouri
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5:42 am PDT, Apr 9,Mary P E, Missouri
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9:28 pm PDT, Apr 8,Angela D, Missouri
# 37,587:
6:07 pm PDT, Apr 6,Emma Rued, California
It is cruelty to women. Genital mutilation is a horrible practice that ruins the lives of women. Victims of FGM die of extreme pain and hemorrhage, and I don't blame the victims of this horrible practice for committing suicide. Everyone should have the right to freedom worldwide. Genital mutilation is a violation of women's rights. Everyone should be able to make their own decisions. But genital mutilation is done against their will, and it's done without any anesthetics.
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7:50 am PDT, Apr 6,Marni Linton, Canada
# 37,585:
8:04 pm PDT, Mar 24,Angela Jasper, Texas
# 37,584:
11:14 am PDT, Mar 23,Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
# 37,583:
8:34 am PDT, Mar 22,Sheree Bray, Michigan
Because it is.
# 37,582:
2:50 am PDT, Mar 22,Art Deco, Maine
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5:22 pm PDT, Mar 21,Erin Shelly, New York
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11:15 am PDT, Mar 18,Emma Mckerry, United Kingdom
another discusting inhumane act no doubt it was a mans idea!!! to start with, totally appalled and saddened that these girls and woman are subjected to this on our planet earth
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3:51 am PDT, Mar 17,Daphne Chee, Singapore
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2:07 am PDT, Mar 14,Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
# 37,577:
10:01 am PDT, Mar 11,James Herald, Indiana
# 37,576:
4:52 pm PST, Mar 8,Amber Adkins, Maryland
# 37,575:
9:11 am PST, Mar 5,Ciara Carter, Minnesota
Women should be the one's who are educated about the process and it should be thier dicision whether or not to do it.
# 37,574:
4:32 am PST, Mar 5,Nick Davis, Canada
# 37,573:
9:51 pm PST, Feb 23,Angela Gomez, Ohio
# 37,572:
7:28 am PST, Feb 22,Karah Rankin, Ohio
It's inhumane in every aspect!
# 37,571:
12:13 pm PST, Feb 21,Name not displayed, Connecticut
It's CRUEL.
# 37,570:
11:46 am PST, Feb 21,Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
# 37,569:
5:15 pm PST, Feb 18,Sophia Ocasio, Wisconsin
Because it can cause traumatization, death, sever bleeding, infection, difficulties with birth and sex, etc. Its wrong! No woman should have to go though such pain for the pleasure of a man.
# 37,568:
5:24 pm PST, Feb 17,Laura Zanoli, Italy
# 37,567:
9:03 am PST, Feb 17,Naveed Yousaf, Canada
# 37,566:
4:07 pm PST, Feb 15,Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 37,565:
5:20 am PST, Feb 15,Jaylena Greenfield, Ohio
# 37,564:
12:41 pm PST, Feb 14,Indian Hat, United Kingdom
# 37,563:
9:07 am PST, Feb 11,Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
There is nothing wrong with the females genitals the way God made them!
# 37,562:
8:19 am PST, Feb 8,Kevin Kreiss, Washington
THAT is just wrong.
Stop mutilation--it's sick!
# 37,561:
6:31 am PST, Feb 8,Elizabeth Burlock, Canada
# 37,560:
5:31 pm PST, Feb 7,TraDrika Shockley, Georgia
A lot of girls die at one time for this practice because of aids, hivI and hivII and i just think it is wrong to do this because the parents dont want the 13 year old girl to cheat on her husband if she does she will not know what pleasure is or feels like!!!
# 37,559:
2:39 pm PST, Feb 3,Donna Stoughton, Pennsylvania
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9:31 am PST, Feb 1,AYISHA BLEVINS, Ohio
# 37,557:
11:11 pm PST, Jan 31,Elena Marschino, New York
# 37,556:
7:07 pm PST, Jan 29,Courtney Goodman, Illinois
It takes away an inherent right that women receive when they are born. These mutilators wouldn't cut off a penis would they?
# 37,555:
4:51 pm PST, Jan 29,Fionnuala Kerins, New York
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3:29 pm PST, Jan 29,Allison Gardner, Tennessee
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6:58 am PST, Jan 27,Jo Hale, United Kingdom
# 37,551:
1:10 pm PST, Jan 25,Name not displayed, Canada
Female excision is wrong because it is torturous and cruel, not to mention utterly pointless.
