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==Faculty==
 
==Faculty==
  
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* '''Seham Abd el Salam Muhammed, MD,''' research fellow, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, the American University in Cairo, member of the Egyptian FGM Task Force, founder of Resource Center of FGM Cairo, Egypt.<br>
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* '''Seham Abd el Salam Muhammed, MD,''' research fellow, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, the American University in Cairo, member of the Egyptian FGM Task Force, founder of Resource Center of FGM Cairo, Egypt.
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* '''John Aldous''', co-founder E.B.-N.O.R.M. (Everyman’s Birthright - National Organization of Restoring Men). Everard Park, South Australia.<br>
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* '''John Aldous''', co-founder E.B.-N.O.R.M. (Everyman’s Birthright - National Organization of Restoring Men). Everard Park, South Australia.
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* '''Zenas Baer''', JD, attorney concentrating on Federal Civil Rights Litigation. Hawley, Minnesota, USA.<br>
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* '''Zenas Baer''', JD, attorney concentrating on Federal Civil Rights Litigation. Hawley, Minnesota, USA.
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* '''Jeannine Parvati Baker''', MS, co-founder, Six Directions non-profit educational organisation, author and lecturer. Joseph, Utah, USA.<br>
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* '''Jeannine Parvati Baker''', MS, co-founder, Six Directions non-profit educational organisation, author and lecturer. Joseph, Utah, USA.
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* '''Peter Ball''', MA, MB, B.Chir., retired family practitioner, producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.<br>
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* '''Peter Ball''', MA, MB, B.Chir., retired family practitioner, producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
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* '''Gillian A. Bensley''' conducted research study for Bachelor of Social Science(Honours) degree in Psychology. Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<br>
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* '''Gillian A. Bensley''' conducted research study for Bachelor of Social Science(Honours) degree in Psychology. Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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* '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger]], III''', BA, founder and Director, Wabash Men’s Council,Indiana, USA.<br>
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* '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger]], III''', BA, founder and Director, Wabash Men’s Council,Indiana, USA.
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* '''Charles Bonner''', JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical malpractice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA.<br>
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* '''Charles Bonner''', JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical malpractice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA.
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* '''[[Gregory Boyle| Gregory J. Boyle]]''', PhD, Professor of Psychology, Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<br>
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* '''[[Gregory J. Boyle]]''', PhD, Professor of Psychology, Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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* '''Mary Conant''', RN, conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder, Nurses for the Rights of the Child. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.<br>
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* '''Mary Conant''', RN, conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder, Nurses for the Rights of the Child. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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* '''[[Robert Darby]]''', PhD, scholar and editor, researched the history of the rise and decline of routine circumcision in Australia for his book on the subject. Canberra, Australia.<br>
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* '''[[Robert Darby]]''', PhD, scholar and editor, researched the history of the rise and decline of routine circumcision in Australia for his book on the subject. Canberra, Australia.
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* '''[[Paul M. Fleiss| Paul Fleiss]]''', MD, MPH, paediatrician. Los Angeles, California, USA.<br>
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* '''[[Paul M. Fleiss| Paul Fleiss]]''', MD, MPH, paediatrician. Los Angeles, California, USA.
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* '''Tracey Gemmel''', candidate for Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Psychology, Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<br>
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* '''Tracey Gemmel''', candidate for Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Psychology, Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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* '''Pia Grassivaro Gallo''', PhD, associate professor, general biology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.<br>
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* '''Pia Grassivaro Gallo''', PhD, associate professor, general biology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.
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* '''Yngve Hofvander''', paediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden.<br>
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* '''Yngve Hofvander''', paediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden.
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* '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick  Mansfield  Hodges]]''', DPhil (Oxon), medical historian, co-editor, Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press 1999). University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. <br>
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* '''[[Frederick M. Hodges]]''', DPhil (Oxon), medical historian, co-editor, Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press 1999). University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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* '''LeYoni Junos''', Director, Amnesty International Bermuda, Bermuda Human Rights Commissioner. Hamilton, Bermuda.<br>
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* '''LeYoni Junos''', Director, Amnesty International Bermuda, Bermuda Human Rights Commissioner. Hamilton, Bermuda.
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* '''Michael Katz''', MD, Vice President of Research for the March of Dimes. White Plains, New York, USA.<br>
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* '''Michael Katz''', MD, Vice President of Research for the March of Dimes. White Plains, New York, USA.
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* '''DaiSik Kim''', PhD, Professor, Department of Physics, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea. <br>
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* '''DaiSik Kim''', PhD, Professor, Department of Physics, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea.
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* '''Sae Chul Kim''', MD, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea.<br>
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* '''Sae Chul Kim''', MD, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
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* '''Tina Kimmel''', MSW, MPH, doctoral candidate in public health, University of California, Berkeley, Director, NOCIRC of California – East Bay. Oakland, California, USA.<br>
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* '''Tina Kimmel''', MSW, MPH, doctoral candidate in public health, University of California, Berkeley, Director, NOCIRC of California – East Bay. Oakland, California, USA.
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* '''Peter Lawrence''', MS, doctoral candidate, University of Sydney, counsellor,and founder of UNCIRC of Australia in 1994. Sydney, NSW, Australia.<br>
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* '''Peter Lawrence''', MS, doctoral candidate, University of Sydney, counsellor,and founder of UNCIRC of Australia in 1994. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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* '''Els Leye''', Female Genital Mutilation Project Coordinator, International Centre for Reproductive Health. Ghent, Belgium.<br>
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* '''Els Leye''', Female Genital Mutilation Project Coordinator, International Centre for Reproductive Health. Ghent, Belgium.
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* '''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''', MA, cross-cultural sexologist and clinical supervisor,The American Board of Sexology, author, Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey Into Female Genital Mutilation, A Woman’s Odyssey into Africa: Tracks Across a Life, and Genital Surgery and the Rights of Children. Tucson, Arizona, USA.<br>
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* '''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''', MA, cross-cultural sexologist and clinical supervisor,The American Board of Sexology, author, Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey Into Female Genital Mutilation, A Woman’s Odyssey into Africa: Tracks Across a Life, and Genital Surgery and the Rights of Children. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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* '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glen gormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.<br>
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* '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glen gormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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* '''Brett McCann''', Counsellor, Sexual Health Clinic, Sydney Hospital, President, Australasian Sexual Health Counsellors Society. Sydney, NSW, Australia.<br>
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* '''Brett McCann''', Counsellor, Sexual Health Clinic, Sydney Hospital, President, Australasian Sexual Health Counsellors Society. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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* '''[[Ken McGrath| Kenneth A. McGrath]]''', VRD, Msc(Hons), LIBiol, MNZIMLS, RNZNVR (Rtd), Senior Lecturer in Pathology, Faculty of Health Studies, Auckland University of Technology. Auckland, New Zealand.<br>
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* '''[[Ken McGrath| Kenneth A. McGrath]]''', VRD, Msc(Hons), LIBiol, MNZIMLS, RNZNVR (Rtd), Senior Lecturer in Pathology, Faculty of Health Studies, Auckland University of Technology. Auckland, New Zealand.
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* '''[[Marilyn Milos]]''', RN, co-founder and Director, NationalOrganization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers(NOCIRC), Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA.<br>
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* '''[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]''', RN, co-founder and Director, NationalOrganization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers(NOCIRC), Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA.
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* '''Pandy S. Ndimwibo''', BA SWASA, DIP PPM, PGD Counselling,Chairman of the Uganda Reproductive Health Bureau. Kampala, Uganda, Africa.<br>
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* '''Pandy S. Ndimwibo''', BA SWASA, DIP PPM, PGD Counselling,Chairman of the Uganda Reproductive Health Bureau. Kampala, Uganda, Africa.
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* '''Juliana Nkrumah''', MS, Community Education and Development Officer, NSW Education Program on FGM, Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.<br>
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* '''Juliana Nkrumah''', MS, Community Education and Development Officer, NSW Education Program on FGM, Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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* '''Myung-Geol Pang''', PhD, GenDix, Co., Korea, Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea.<br>
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* '''Myung-Geol Pang''', PhD, GenDix, Co., Korea, Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea.
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* '''Shane Peterson''', PhD, International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University. Canberra, ACT, Australia.<br>
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* '''Shane Peterson''', PhD, International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University. Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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* '''Royal Phillips''', CBE, international childbirth instructor, columnist, Montecito Journal. Santa Barbara, California, USA.<br>
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* '''Royal Phillips''', CBE, international childbirth instructor, columnist, Montecito Journal. Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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* '''Samuel M. Ramos''' conducted research study for Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) degree in Psychology at Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<br>
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* '''Samuel M. Ramos''' conducted research study for Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) degree in Psychology at Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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* '''Samuel Richmond''', BA, MLS, librarian and Director, NOCIRC of California - Irvine. Irvine, California, USA.<br>
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* '''Samuel Richmond''', BA, MLS, librarian and Director, NOCIRC of California - Irvine. Irvine, California, USA.
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* '''William Sides''', Managing Director of Sides Engineering, developed the “Pill Tube” foreskin restoration method. Wheelers Hill, Victoria,Australia.<br>
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* '''William Sides''', Managing Director of Sides Engineering, developed the “Pill Tube” foreskin restoration method. Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia.
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* '''[[Morris L. Sorrells| Morris Sorrells]]''', MD, retired paediatrician, consultant. Atherton, California, USA.<br>
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* '''[[Morris L. Sorrells]]''', MD, retired paediatrician, consultant. Atherton, California, USA.
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* '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), Berkeley, California, USA.<br>
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* '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), Berkeley, California, USA.
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* '''Moisés Tractenberg''', MD, psychoanalyst, author, Director, NOCIRC of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<br>
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* '''Moisés Tractenberg''', MD, psychoanalyst, author, Director, NOCIRC of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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* '''John W. Travis''', MD, MPH,   founder and co-director, Wellness Associates, author, Wellness Inventory and the Wellness Workbook, co-founder, International Coalition for Genital Integrity, co-founder, Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children. East Gipsland, Victoria, Australia.<br>
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* '''[[John W. Travis]]''', MD, MPH, founder and co-director, Wellness Associates, author, Wellness Inventory and the Wellness Workbook, co-founder, International Coalition for Genital Integrity, co-founder, Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children. East Gipsland, Victoria, Australia.
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* '''J. Neville Turner''', LLB (Hons), BA, barrister and solicitor, authored six books and numerous articles on child and family law, board member and former president of Oz Child. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.<br>
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* '''J. Neville Turner''', LLB (Hons), BA, barrister and solicitor, authored six books and numerous articles on child and family law, board member and former president of Oz Child. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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* '''Franco Viviani''', PhD, professor, physical education, cultural anthropology, and general biology, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.<br>
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* '''Franco Viviani''', PhD, professor, physical education, cultural anthropology, and general biology, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.
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* '''[[Shelton Walden| Shelton Harrison Walden]]''', BA, Executive Producer and host, Walden’s Pond, WBAI radio, teacher, High School for Environmental Studies. New York, New York, USA.<br>
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* '''[[Shelton Walden| Shelton Harrison Walden]]''', BA, Executive Producer and host, Walden’s Pond, WBAI radio, teacher, High School for Environmental Studies. New York, New York, USA.
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* '''[[John Warren]]''', MB, DCH, FRCP, founder and Director, National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM-UK), Director, NOCIRC of UK. Harlow, Essex, UK.<br>
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* '''[[John Warren]]''', MB, DCH, FRCP, founder and Director, National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM-UK), Director, NOCIRC of UK. Harlow, Essex, UK.
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* '''Norma Wilcox''', RN, MS, Director, Urological/GynecologicalTeaching Associate Programs, Stanford University and University of California/San Francisco Schools of Medicine and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. San Francisco, California, USA.<br>
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* '''Norma Wilcox''', RN, MS, Director, Urological/GynecologicalTeaching Associate Programs, Stanford University and University of California/San Francisco Schools of Medicine and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. San Francisco, California, USA.
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* '''George Williams''', MB, ChB, FRACP, consultant paediatrician/perinatologist, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Menai, New South Wales, Australia.<br>
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* '''George Williams''', MB, ChB, FRACP, consultant paediatrician/perinatologist, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Menai, New South Wales, Australia.
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* '''[[Hugh Young]]''', BSc, journalist and radio producer, Auckland, Whangarei, Honiara (Solomon Islands), Gisborne, and Wellington. Pukerua Bay, Aotearoa, New Zealand.<br>
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* '''[[Hugh Young]]''', BSc, journalist and radio producer, Auckland, Whangarei, Honiara (Solomon Islands), Gisborne, and Wellington. Pukerua Bay, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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* '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', PhD, '''Avraham Kahana''', and '''Ronit Tamir''', members, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation. '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', PhD, currently a medical student in Australia is Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.
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* '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', PhD, '''Avraham Kahana''', and '''Ronit Tamir''', members, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation. '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', PhD, currently a medical student in Australia is Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.
  
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== Proceedings ==
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=== Programme ===
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==== Thursday, 7 December ====
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* '''Welcome and Opening Remarks'''
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: ''[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] and George Williams''
  
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== Proceedings ==
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* '''Keynote Address: Ending Enforced Genital Cutting of Children and Violation of Their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations'''
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<center><big><big>Programme</big></big></center>
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: ''[[Gregory J. Boyle]]''
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<center><big>Thursday, 7 December</big></center><br>
 
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<b>0800–0900: Registration</b><br>
 
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<b>0900–0915: Welcome and Opening Remarks• ''Marilyn Milos and George Williams''</b><br>
 
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<b>0915–1000: Keynote Address: Ending Enforced Genital Cutting of Children and Violation of Their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations• ''Gregory J. Boyle''</b><br>
 
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<b>1000–1115: An Overview • ''George Williams, Moderator''</b><br>
 
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Historical Revisionism in Recent Medical History: An Exposé and Analysis • ''Frederick Mansfield Hodges''<br>
 
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A Source of Serious Mischief: The Demonisation of the Foreskin and the Rise of Preventive Circumcision in Australia, 1880–1930 • ''Robert Darby''<br>
 
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Compulsion to Circumcise is Constant, the Reasons Keep Changing • ''Michael Katz''<br>
 
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<b>1115–1130: Break</b><br>
 
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<b>1130–1300: Legal and Ethical Considerations of Genital Mutilation • ''George Williams, Moderator''</b><br>
 
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Comparative Legal Analysis of Body Mutilation Practices on Children • ''J. Steven Svoboda'' <br>Equal Protection Case Studies in the Scope and Limit of Gender-Based Discrimination Under State and Federal Constitutions • ''Zenas Baer''<br /> Human Rights of Children in the New Millennium: Legal Developments in the Fight for Children’s Genital Integrity Throughout the World • ''Charles Bonner''<br /> Doctors, Be Warned! Circumcise Today and You Could Be Sued Tomorrow! • ''J. Neville Turner''<br>
 
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<b>1300–1430: Lunch</b> <br>
 
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<b>1430–1600: Religious Considerations • ''Tina Kimmel, Moderator''</b> <br>An Epistolary Debate with David Ben Gurion About Jewish Circumcision: The Psychoanalytic Outlook • ''Moisés Tractenberg''<br>
 
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Attitude, Knowledge, and Change Among Israeli Jewish Students Regarding Male Genital Mutilation • ''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, Avraham Kahana, Ronit Tamir Bris Shalem'': <br>Toward a Covenant of Wholeness • ''Samuel Richmond''<br> Limitations to Practices of a Belief or Religion in International Human Rights Law – Case Study: Genital Mutilation in the Judaic Tradition • ''LeYoni Junos''<br>
 
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<b>1600–1615:  Break</b><br>
 
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<b>1615–1700: Breaking Through Medical and Media Bias• ''Tina Kimmel, Moderator''</b><br>
 
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The White Coat of Silence: How to Create Change in Medical School Curricula and Survive Physician Opposition • ''Norma Wilcox''<br>
 
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The Struggle for Media Access and International Recognition • ''Shelton Harrison Walden''<br>
 
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<b>1700–1730:  Discussion</b>
 
  
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* '''An Overview'''
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: ''George Williams, Moderator''
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:* Historical Revisionism in Recent Medical History: An Exposé and Analysis
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:: ''[[Frederick M. Hodges]]''
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:* A Source of Serious Mischief: The Demonisation of the Foreskin and the Rise of Preventive Circumcision in Australia, 1880–1930
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:: ''Robert Darby''
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:* Compulsion to Circumcise is Constant, the Reasons Keep Changing
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:: ''Michael Katz''
  
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<center><big>Friday, 8 December</big></center>
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* '''Legal and Ethical Considerations of Genital Mutilation'''
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: ''George Williams, Moderator''
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:* Comparative Legal Analysis of Body Mutilation Practices on Children
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:: ''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''
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:* Equal Protection Case Studies in the Scope and Limit of Gender-Based Discrimination Under State and Federal Constitutions
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:: ''Zenas Baer''
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:* Human Rights of Children in the New Millennium: Legal Developments in the Fight for Children’s Genital Integrity Throughout the World
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:: ''Charles Bonner''
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:* Doctors, Be Warned! Circumcise Today and You Could Be Sued Tomorrow!
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:: ''J. Neville Turner''
  
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<b>0800–0900: Registration<br>0900–1115: International News  • ''Peter Ball, Moderator''</b><br>A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand: “I never liked doing them and I was pleased to give it up.”• ''Hugh Young and Kenneth A. McGrath''<br>Circumcision Rates in UK Males • ''John Warren''y<br>
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* '''Religious Considerations'''
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Prevention of Genital Mutilation: A Community Research and Development Project in Northern Ireland • ''Linda Massie'' <br>
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: ''Tina Kimmel, Moderator''
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Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation • ''Yngve Hofvander'' <br>Prince for a Day: The Sumbawa Circumcision Ritual• ''Royal Phillips'' <br>Discussion <br><b>1115–1130: Break</b><br>
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:* An Epistolary Debate with David Ben Gurion About Jewish Circumcision: The Psychoanalytic Outlook
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1130–1300: Female Genital Mutilation• ''Juliana Nkrumah, Moderator''<br>
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:: ''Moisés Tractenberg''
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FGM: Getting the Debate Happening at the Grassroots – The Australian Experience • ''Juliana Nkrumah''<br>Egyptian Intellectuals and Genital Integrity• ''Seham Abd el Salam Mohammed''<br>Female Circumcision: Its Effects on the Reproductive Health of Adolescents • ''Pandy Ndimwibo''<br>
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:* Attitude, Knowledge, and Change Among Israeli Jewish Students Regarding Male Genital Mutilation
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The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision: The European Experience • ''Els Leye''<br>
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:: ''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, Avraham Kahana, Ronit Tamir
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<b>1300-1430: Lunch</b><br>
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:* Bris Shalem: Toward a Covenant of Wholeness
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<b>1430-1545: Female Genital Mutilation (continued)'' Sunna Budnin'':</b> <br>An Alternative Ritual to Infibulation,Invented and Carried Out in the Merka District, Somalia • ''Pia Grassivaro Gallo and Franco Viviani''<br>Genital Mutilation of Children: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going? • ''Hanny Lightfoot-Klein''<br><b>1545-1630: International Symposia on Genital Integrity Award Presentations • ''Marilyn Milos, Moderator''</b><br><b>1630–1645: Break</b><br>
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:: ''Samuel Richmond''
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<b>1645–1730: Address of the Recipient of the Human Rights Award: Over 100% Circumcision Rate: The Short and Bizarre History of South Korean Circumcision  ''DaiSik Kim, Myung-Geol Pang, Sae Chul Kim''</b>
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:* Limitations to Practices of a Belief or Religion in International Human Rights Law – Case Study: Genital Mutilation in the Judaic Tradition
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:: ''LeYoni Junos''
  
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* '''Breaking Through Medical and Media Bias'''
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: ''Tina Kimmel, Moderator''
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:* The White Coat of Silence: How to Create Change in Medical School Curricula and Survive Physician Opposition
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:: ''Norma Wilcox''
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:* The Struggle for Media Access and International Recognition
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:: ''Shelton Harrison Walden''
  
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<center><big>Saturday, 9 December</big></center>
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==== Friday, 8 December ====
  
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<b>0800–0900: Registration</b><br>
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* '''International News'''
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<b>0900–1115: Psychological Aspects of Genital Mutilation• ''Gregory J. Boyle, Moderator''</b><br>
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: ''Peter Ball, Moderator''
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Sigmund Freud, Male Circumcision and the Mind: A Psychoanalytic Review • ''George Williams'' <br>Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Impact of Male Infant Circumcision: An Exploratory Study • ''Gillian A. Bensley and Gregory J. Boyle''<br>Neonatal Circumcision: Long-Term Harmful Effects• ''Tracey Gemmel and Gregory J. Boyle''<br>Ritual and Medical Circumcision Among Filipino Boys: Evidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • ''Samuel M. Ramos and Gregory J. Boyle''<br>Counselling Approaches for Acute Post-Circumcision Stress Disorder: A Case Study • ''Brett McCann and Peter  Lawrence'' <br>How to Respond to the Doctor Who Says You Must Circumcise Your Son • ''Paul Fleiss''<br>
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:* A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand: “I never liked doing them and I was pleased to give it up.”
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<b>1115–1130: Break</b><br>1130–1300: What Exactly Is Lost With Genital Cutting? • ''Morris Sorrells, Moderator'' <br>Separation of the Two Sensory Platforms of the Human Penis• ''Kenneth A. McGrath''<br>A Novel Research Study in Assessing Penile Sensitivity/Insensitivity Without a Measuring Device • ''Peter Lawrence'' <br>Touch-Test Sensory Evaluation Research: Preliminary Findings• ''Morris Sorrells and Tina Kimmel''<br>Discussion<br>
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:: ''Hugh Young and Kenneth A. McGrath''
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<b>1300–1430: Lunch</b><br><b>
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:* Circumcision Rates in UK Males
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1430–1500: Addressing the Wounds  • ''Peter Ball, Moderator''</b><br>
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:: ''John Warren''
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Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma • ''Shane Peterson''<br>
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:* Prevention of Genital Mutilation: A Community Research and Development Project in Northern Ireland
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<b>1500-1630: Concurrent Session A: Male Genital Mutilation and Foreskin Restoration • ''Peter Ball, Moderator''</b><br>
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:: ''Linda Massie''
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Circumcision: A Festering Wound • ''Daniel H. Bollinger, III''<br>
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:* Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation
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Current Foreskin Restoration Practices in Australia • ''John M. Aldous''<br>A report  on the evolution and growth of foreskin restoration in Sydney Australia, since 1994 • ''Peter Lawrence''<br>
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:: ''Yngve Hofvander''
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Doctors, File Information, and Activists Can be Worse than the Circumciser’s Knife • ''William Sides''<br>
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:* Prince for a Day: The Sumbawa Circumcision Ritual
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Foreskin Restoration: a video • ''Peter Ball''<br>
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:: ''Royal Phillips''
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<b>1500–1630: Concurrent Session B: The Role of Women in Ending Genital Mutilation • ''Jeannine Parvati Baker, Mary Conant, Linda Massie, Marilyn Fayre Milos, Moderators''</b><br><b>1630–1645: Break</b><br><b>1645–1730: Closing Keynote Address:  Circumcision as a Part of the Normative Abuse of Children: Essentials for Transforming the Lives of Children  ''John W. Travis''<br>1730–1800: Closing: ''Jeannine Parvati Baker''</b>
 
  
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The proceedings are published in ''[https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Understanding+Circumcision%3A+A+Multi-Disciplinary+Approach+to+a+Multi-Dimensional+Problem&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem]'', edited by George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2001.<br>
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* '''Female Genital Mutilation'''
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: ''Juliana Nkrumah, Moderator''
 +
:* FGM: Getting the Debate Happening at the Grassroots – The Australian Experience
 +
:: ''Juliana Nkrumah''
 +
:* Egyptian Intellectuals and Genital Integrity
 +
:: ''Seham Abd el Salam Mohammed''
 +
:* Female Circumcision: Its Effects on the Reproductive Health of Adolescents
 +
:: ''Pandy Ndimwibo''
 +
:* The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision: The European Experience
 +
:: ''Els Leye''
 +
:* Sunna Budnin: An Alternative Ritual to Infibulation, Invented and Carried Out in the Merka District, Somalia
 +
:: ''Pia Grassivaro Gallo and Franco Viviani''
 +
:* Genital Mutilation of Children: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
 +
:: ''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''
  
−
==Symposium organisers==
+
* '''International Symposia on Genital Integrity Award Presentations'''
−
* Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN, [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]
+
: ''[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], Moderator''
 +
 
 +
* '''Address of the Recipient of the Human Rights Award: Over 100% Circumcision Rate: The Short and Bizarre History of South Korean Circumcision'''
 +
: ''DaiSik Kim, Myung-Geol Pang, Sae Chul Kim''
 +
 
 +
==== Saturday, 9 December====
 +
 
 +
* '''Psychological Aspects of Genital Mutilation'''
 +
: ''[[Gregory J. Boyle]], Moderator''
 +
:* Sigmund Freud, Male Circumcision and the Mind: A Psychoanalytic Review
 +
:: ''George Williams''
 +
:* Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Impact of Male Infant Circumcision: An Exploratory Study
 +
:: ''Gillian A. Bensley and [[Gregory J. Boyle]]''
 +
:* Neonatal Circumcision: Long-Term Harmful Effects
 +
:: ''Tracey Gemmel and [[Gregory J. Boyle]]''
 +
:* Ritual and Medical Circumcision Among Filipino Boys: Evidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
 +
:: ''Samuel M. Ramos and [[Gregory J. Boyle]]''
 +
:* Counselling Approaches for Acute Post-Circumcision Stress Disorder: A Case Study
 +
:: ''Brett McCann and Peter Lawrence''
 +
:* How to Respond to the Doctor Who Says You Must Circumcise Your Son
 +
:: ''Paul Fleiss''
 +
 
 +
* '''What Exactly Is Lost With Genital Cutting?'''
 +
: ''[[Morris L. Sorrells]], Moderator''
 +
:* Separation of the Two Sensory Platforms of the Human Penis
 +
:: ''Kenneth A. McGrath''
 +
:* A Novel Research Study in Assessing Penile Sensitivity/Insensitivity Without a Measuring Device
 +
:: ''Peter Lawrence''
 +
:* Touch-Test Sensory Evaluation Research: Preliminary Findings
 +
:: ''[[Morris L. Sorrells]] and Tina Kimmel''
 +
 
 +
* '''Addressing the Wounds'''
 +
: ''Peter Ball, Moderator''
 +
:* Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma
 +
:: ''Shane Peterson''
 +
 
 +
* '''Concurrent Session A: Male Genital Mutilation and Foreskin Restoration'''
 +
: ''Peter Ball, Moderator''
 +
:* Circumcision: A Festering Wound
 +
:: ''Daniel H. Bollinger, III''
 +
:* Current Foreskin Restoration Practices in Australi
 +
:: ''John M. Aldous''
 +
:* A report on the evolution and growth of foreskin restoration in Sydney Australia, since 1994
 +
:: ''Peter Lawrence''
 +
:* Doctors, File Information, and Activists Can be Worse than the Circumciser’s Knife
 +
:: ''William Sides''
 +
:* Foreskin Restoration: a video
 +
:: ''Peter Ball''
 +
 
 +
* '''Concurrent Session B: The Role of Women in Ending Genital Mutilation'''
 +
: ''Jeannine Parvati Baker, Mary Conant, Linda Massie, [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], Moderators''
 +
 
 +
* '''Closing Keynote Address: Circumcision as a Part of the Normative Abuse of Children: Essentials for Transforming the Lives of Children'''
 +
: ''[[John W. Travis]]''
 +
 
 +
* '''Closing'''
 +
: ''Jeannine Parvati Baker''
 +
 
 +
{{PUB}}
 +
The proceedings are published in
 +
* {{REFbook
 +
|year=2001
 +
|title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem
 +
|url=https://www.springer.com/de/book/9780306467011
 +
|editor=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
 +
|publisher=Springer (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press)
 +
|isbn=978-1-4419-3375-1
 +
|accessdate=2019-12-31
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
== Symposium organizers ==
 +
* [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], RN, [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]
 
* Dr. George Williams, NOCIRC of Australia
 
* Dr. George Williams, NOCIRC of Australia
−
* Dr. Gregory J. Boyle, Bond University
+
* Dr. [[Gregory J. Boyle]], Bond University
−
* Dr. Frederick Hodges, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford.
+
* Dr. [[Frederick M. Hodges]], Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:42, 31 December 2019


The Sixth International Symposium on Genital Integrity convened in Wesley College at the University of Sydney, Sidney, New South Wales, Australia on December 7-9, 2000.

Faculty

  • Seham Abd el Salam Muhammed, MD, research fellow, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, the American University in Cairo, member of the Egyptian FGM Task Force, founder of Resource Center of FGM Cairo, Egypt.
  • John Aldous, co-founder E.B.-N.O.R.M. (Everyman’s Birthright - National Organization of Restoring Men). Everard Park, South Australia.
  • Zenas Baer, JD, attorney concentrating on Federal Civil Rights Litigation. Hawley, Minnesota, USA.
  • Jeannine Parvati Baker, MS, co-founder, Six Directions non-profit educational organisation, author and lecturer. Joseph, Utah, USA.
  • Peter Ball, MA, MB, B.Chir., retired family practitioner, producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
  • Gillian A. Bensley conducted research study for Bachelor of Social Science(Honours) degree in Psychology. Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
  • Daniel H. Bollinger, III, BA, founder and Director, Wabash Men’s Council,Indiana, USA.
  • Charles Bonner, JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical malpractice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA.
  • Gregory J. Boyle, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
  • Mary Conant, RN, conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder, Nurses for the Rights of the Child. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
  • Robert Darby, PhD, scholar and editor, researched the history of the rise and decline of routine circumcision in Australia for his book on the subject. Canberra, Australia.
  • Paul Fleiss, MD, MPH, paediatrician. Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Tracey Gemmel, candidate for Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Psychology, Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
  • Pia Grassivaro Gallo, PhD, associate professor, general biology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.
  • Yngve Hofvander, paediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Frederick M. Hodges, DPhil (Oxon), medical historian, co-editor, Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press 1999). University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • LeYoni Junos, Director, Amnesty International Bermuda, Bermuda Human Rights Commissioner. Hamilton, Bermuda.
  • Michael Katz, MD, Vice President of Research for the March of Dimes. White Plains, New York, USA.
  • DaiSik Kim, PhD, Professor, Department of Physics, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea.
  • Sae Chul Kim, MD, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Tina Kimmel, MSW, MPH, doctoral candidate in public health, University of California, Berkeley, Director, NOCIRC of California – East Bay. Oakland, California, USA.
  • Peter Lawrence, MS, doctoral candidate, University of Sydney, counsellor,and founder of UNCIRC of Australia in 1994. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Els Leye, Female Genital Mutilation Project Coordinator, International Centre for Reproductive Health. Ghent, Belgium.
  • Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, cross-cultural sexologist and clinical supervisor,The American Board of Sexology, author, Prisoners of Ritual: An Odyssey Into Female Genital Mutilation, A Woman’s Odyssey into Africa: Tracks Across a Life, and Genital Surgery and the Rights of Children. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
  • Linda Massie, BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glen gormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  • Brett McCann, Counsellor, Sexual Health Clinic, Sydney Hospital, President, Australasian Sexual Health Counsellors Society. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Kenneth A. McGrath, VRD, Msc(Hons), LIBiol, MNZIMLS, RNZNVR (Rtd), Senior Lecturer in Pathology, Faculty of Health Studies, Auckland University of Technology. Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN, co-founder and Director, NationalOrganization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers(NOCIRC), Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA.
  • Pandy S. Ndimwibo, BA SWASA, DIP PPM, PGD Counselling,Chairman of the Uganda Reproductive Health Bureau. Kampala, Uganda, Africa.
  • Juliana Nkrumah, MS, Community Education and Development Officer, NSW Education Program on FGM, Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Myung-Geol Pang, PhD, GenDix, Co., Korea, Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea.
  • Shane Peterson, PhD, International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University. Canberra, ACT, Australia.
  • Royal Phillips, CBE, international childbirth instructor, columnist, Montecito Journal. Santa Barbara, California, USA.
  • Samuel M. Ramos conducted research study for Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) degree in Psychology at Bond University. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
  • Samuel Richmond, BA, MLS, librarian and Director, NOCIRC of California - Irvine. Irvine, California, USA.
  • William Sides, Managing Director of Sides Engineering, developed the “Pill Tube” foreskin restoration method. Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia.
  • Morris L. Sorrells, MD, retired paediatrician, consultant. Atherton, California, USA.
  • J. Steven Svoboda, JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), Berkeley, California, USA.
  • Moisés Tractenberg, MD, psychoanalyst, author, Director, NOCIRC of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • John W. Travis, MD, MPH, founder and co-director, Wellness Associates, author, Wellness Inventory and the Wellness Workbook, co-founder, International Coalition for Genital Integrity, co-founder, Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children. East Gipsland, Victoria, Australia.
  • J. Neville Turner, LLB (Hons), BA, barrister and solicitor, authored six books and numerous articles on child and family law, board member and former president of Oz Child. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Franco Viviani, PhD, professor, physical education, cultural anthropology, and general biology, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.
  • Shelton Harrison Walden, BA, Executive Producer and host, Walden’s Pond, WBAI radio, teacher, High School for Environmental Studies. New York, New York, USA.
  • John Warren, MB, DCH, FRCP, founder and Director, National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM-UK), Director, NOCIRC of UK. Harlow, Essex, UK.
  • Norma Wilcox, RN, MS, Director, Urological/GynecologicalTeaching Associate Programs, Stanford University and University of California/San Francisco Schools of Medicine and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. San Francisco, California, USA.
  • George Williams, MB, ChB, FRACP, consultant paediatrician/perinatologist, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Menai, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Hugh Young, BSc, journalist and radio producer, Auckland, Whangarei, Honiara (Solomon Islands), Gisborne, and Wellington. Pukerua Bay, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
  • Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, PhD, Avraham Kahana, and Ronit Tamir, members, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation. Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, PhD, currently a medical student in Australia is Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.

Proceedings

Programme

Thursday, 7 December

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks
Marilyn Fayre Milos and George Williams
  • Keynote Address: Ending Enforced Genital Cutting of Children and Violation of Their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations
Gregory J. Boyle
  • An Overview
George Williams, Moderator
  • Historical Revisionism in Recent Medical History: An Exposé and Analysis
Frederick M. Hodges
  • A Source of Serious Mischief: The Demonisation of the Foreskin and the Rise of Preventive Circumcision in Australia, 1880–1930
Robert Darby
  • Compulsion to Circumcise is Constant, the Reasons Keep Changing
Michael Katz
  • Legal and Ethical Considerations of Genital Mutilation
George Williams, Moderator
  • Comparative Legal Analysis of Body Mutilation Practices on Children
J. Steven Svoboda
  • Equal Protection Case Studies in the Scope and Limit of Gender-Based Discrimination Under State and Federal Constitutions
Zenas Baer
  • Human Rights of Children in the New Millennium: Legal Developments in the Fight for Children’s Genital Integrity Throughout the World
Charles Bonner
  • Doctors, Be Warned! Circumcise Today and You Could Be Sued Tomorrow!
J. Neville Turner
  • Religious Considerations
Tina Kimmel, Moderator
  • An Epistolary Debate with David Ben Gurion About Jewish Circumcision: The Psychoanalytic Outlook
Moisés Tractenberg
  • Attitude, Knowledge, and Change Among Israeli Jewish Students Regarding Male Genital Mutilation
Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, Avraham Kahana, Ronit Tamir
  • Bris Shalem: Toward a Covenant of Wholeness
Samuel Richmond
  • Limitations to Practices of a Belief or Religion in International Human Rights Law – Case Study: Genital Mutilation in the Judaic Tradition
LeYoni Junos
  • Breaking Through Medical and Media Bias
Tina Kimmel, Moderator
  • The White Coat of Silence: How to Create Change in Medical School Curricula and Survive Physician Opposition
Norma Wilcox
  • The Struggle for Media Access and International Recognition
Shelton Harrison Walden

Friday, 8 December

  • International News
Peter Ball, Moderator
  • A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand: “I never liked doing them and I was pleased to give it up.”
Hugh Young and Kenneth A. McGrath
  • Circumcision Rates in UK Males
John Warren
  • Prevention of Genital Mutilation: A Community Research and Development Project in Northern Ireland
Linda Massie
  • Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation
Yngve Hofvander
  • Prince for a Day: The Sumbawa Circumcision Ritual
Royal Phillips
  • Female Genital Mutilation
Juliana Nkrumah, Moderator
  • FGM: Getting the Debate Happening at the Grassroots – The Australian Experience
Juliana Nkrumah
  • Egyptian Intellectuals and Genital Integrity
Seham Abd el Salam Mohammed
  • Female Circumcision: Its Effects on the Reproductive Health of Adolescents
Pandy Ndimwibo
  • The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision: The European Experience
Els Leye
  • Sunna Budnin: An Alternative Ritual to Infibulation, Invented and Carried Out in the Merka District, Somalia
Pia Grassivaro Gallo and Franco Viviani
  • Genital Mutilation of Children: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
  • International Symposia on Genital Integrity Award Presentations
Marilyn Fayre Milos, Moderator
  • Address of the Recipient of the Human Rights Award: Over 100% Circumcision Rate: The Short and Bizarre History of South Korean Circumcision
DaiSik Kim, Myung-Geol Pang, Sae Chul Kim

Saturday, 9 December

  • Psychological Aspects of Genital Mutilation
Gregory J. Boyle, Moderator
  • Sigmund Freud, Male Circumcision and the Mind: A Psychoanalytic Review
George Williams
  • Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Impact of Male Infant Circumcision: An Exploratory Study
Gillian A. Bensley and Gregory J. Boyle
  • Neonatal Circumcision: Long-Term Harmful Effects
Tracey Gemmel and Gregory J. Boyle
  • Ritual and Medical Circumcision Among Filipino Boys: Evidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Samuel M. Ramos and Gregory J. Boyle
  • Counselling Approaches for Acute Post-Circumcision Stress Disorder: A Case Study
Brett McCann and Peter Lawrence
  • How to Respond to the Doctor Who Says You Must Circumcise Your Son
Paul Fleiss
  • What Exactly Is Lost With Genital Cutting?
Morris L. Sorrells, Moderator
  • Separation of the Two Sensory Platforms of the Human Penis
Kenneth A. McGrath
  • A Novel Research Study in Assessing Penile Sensitivity/Insensitivity Without a Measuring Device
Peter Lawrence
  • Touch-Test Sensory Evaluation Research: Preliminary Findings
Morris L. Sorrells and Tina Kimmel
  • Addressing the Wounds
Peter Ball, Moderator
  • Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma
Shane Peterson
  • Concurrent Session A: Male Genital Mutilation and Foreskin Restoration
Peter Ball, Moderator
  • Circumcision: A Festering Wound
Daniel H. Bollinger, III
  • Current Foreskin Restoration Practices in Australi
John M. Aldous
  • A report on the evolution and growth of foreskin restoration in Sydney Australia, since 1994
Peter Lawrence
  • Doctors, File Information, and Activists Can be Worse than the Circumciser’s Knife
William Sides
  • Foreskin Restoration: a video
Peter Ball
  • Concurrent Session B: The Role of Women in Ending Genital Mutilation
Jeannine Parvati Baker, Mary Conant, Linda Massie, Marilyn Fayre Milos, Moderators
  • Closing Keynote Address: Circumcision as a Part of the Normative Abuse of Children: Essentials for Transforming the Lives of Children
John W. Travis
  • Closing
Jeannine Parvati Baker

Publications

The proceedings are published in

Symposium organizers

See also

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