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The '''Seventh International Symposium''' on [[human rights|Human Rights ]] and Modern Society convened in the [https://www.georgetown.edu/ {{UNI|Georgetown University] |GU}} [https://www.acc-guhotelandconferencecenter.com/ Conference Center] in Washington, {{USSC|DC}}, USA on April 4-7, 2002.

* '''[[Jeannine Parvati Baker]]''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, Utah{{USSC|UT}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Peter Ball]]''', {{MA}}, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.<br>* '''[[Michel BeaugeBeaugé]]''', Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper, France.<br>* '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger, III]]''', {{BA}}, Director, NOCIRC of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, {{USSC|IN}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Charles A. Bonner]]''', {{JD}}, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, California{{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Mary Conant]]''', {{RN}}, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, New Mexico{{USSC|NM}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Amber Craig]]''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, {{USSC|NC}}, USA.<br>* '''[[George C. Denniston]]''', {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, founder and Director, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.) ]] and author. Norland, Washington{{USSC|WA}}, USA. <br>* '''Milton Diamond''', {{PhD}}, Professor, {{UNI|University of Hawaii|UH}}, John A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, Hawaii{{USSC|HI}}, USA.<br>* '''Steve C. Donnell''', MB, ChB{{MBChB}}, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK.<br>* '''Laurie Evans''', Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley. Katonah, {{USSC|NY}}, USA.<br>* '''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi''', {{MD}}, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, New Mexico{{USSC|NM}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Paul M. Fleiss| Paul Fleiss]]''', {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, {{UNI|University of Southern California |USC}} Medical Center, pediatrician,and author. Los Angeles, California{{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Leonard B. Glick| Leonard Glick]]''', {{MD}}, {{PhD}}, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, {{USSC|MA}}, and author. New Salem, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Ronald Goldman]]''', {{PhD}}, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center. Boston, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.<br>* '''Gary Harryman''', {{MA}}, coordinator, National Organization of Restoring Men, Southern California (NORM-SC), researcher, author. Topanga, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''Greg Hartley''', PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, {{UNI|University of Pittsburgh|Pitt}}, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar,{{USSC|PA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]]''', D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, post-doctoral research associate, Department of History, {{UNI|Yale University|Yale}}, and author. New Haven, Connecticut{{USSC|CT}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Yngve Hofvander]]''', {{MD}}, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, {{UNI|Uppsala University|UU}}, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and [[UNICEF]]. Uppsala, Sweden.<br>* '''Duane Jorde''', Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, co-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, {{USSC|HI}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Van Lewis]]''', Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, Florida{{USSC|FL}}, USA.* '''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''', {{MA}}, cross-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, Arizona{{USSC|AZ}}, USA.<br>* '''[[David J. Llewellyn]]''', {{BA}}, {{JD}}, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia{{USSC|GA}}, USA.<br>* '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.<br>* '''Harry Meislahn''', {{BA}}, {{MBA}}, magna cum laude graduate in Economics, Harvard, {{MBA }} recipient, Harvard Business School, and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, {{USSC|IL}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Marilyn Milos]]''', {{RN}}, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California{{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Soraya MireMiré]]''', Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''Dr. Jotham Musinguzi''', Past Public Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda.<br>* '''Martin Novoa''', investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''Kristen O’Hara''', BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, and author. Boston, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.<br>* '''Shane Peterson''', {{PhD}}, affiliated with the International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, {{UNI|Edith Cowan University|ECU}}, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia.<br>* '''[[Mark Reiss]]''', {{MD}}, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''Marianne M. Sarkis''', {{MA}}, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Steve Scott]]''', Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, {{USSC|UT}}, USA.<br>* '''[[Morris Sorrells]]''', {{MD}}, retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Port Ludlow, {{USSC|WA}}, USA.<br>* '''William Stowell''', A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18-year-old to file circumcision lawsuit. Denver, {{USSC|CO}}, USA.<br>* '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', {{JD}}, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, California{{USSC|CA}}, USA.<br>* '''[[John R. Taylor| John Taylor]]''', MB, {{FRCPC}}, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and {{UNI|University of Manitoba|UManitoba}}. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.<br>* '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', {{PhD}}, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.

==Proceedings==<center><big><big>=== Program</big></big></center>===<center><big>==== Thursday, April 4</big></center><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;6:00 pm''' Registration<br>===='''&nbsp;&nbsp;7:00 pm''' * Welcome and Opening Remarks : ''Marilyn Milos''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;7:15 pm''' * Keynote Address: Bodily [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_1Bodily Integrity in the Biotech Era ]: ''Frederick Mansfield Hodges''<br> '''&nbsp;&nbsp;8:00 pm''' * Award Presentations : ''Marilyn Milos''<br><br><center><big>==== Friday, April 5<====* [https://www.thelancet.com/big><journals/center><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;8:00 am''' Registration and Continental Breakfast<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:00 am''' lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)07737-1/fulltext A New Law Regulating Religious Circumcision in Sweden ]: ''Yngve Hofvander''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9* [https:30 am''' //link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_6 Penile Torts in the Courts ]: ''[[David Llewellyn]]''<br>'''10:00 am''' * Circumcision: A Teenager’s Perspective : ''William Stowell''<br>'''10:30 am''' * Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part I : ''[[Charles A. Bonner|Charles Bonner]]''<br>'''11:00 am''' * Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part II : ''Martin Novoa''<br>'''11* [https:30 am''' //link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_15 Assaulted and Mutilated: Surviving Circumcision Trauma ]: ''Shane Peterson''<br>'''12* [https:00 pm''' //link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_8 Educating the United Nations About Male Circumcision ]: ''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''<br>'''12:30 pm''' Buffet Lunch<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;1:30 pm''' * An Adlerian Look at Neonatal [[Trauma ]] and Early Childhood Beliefs : ''[[Dan Bollinger]]''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;2:00 pm''' * Anthropology and Circumcision: Why did it take us so long to come around? : ''Marianne Sarkis''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;2* [http:30 pm''' //sorayamire.org/the_book.asp Female Genital Mutilation: My Own Story ]: ''[[Soraya MireMiré]]''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;3:00 pm''' * Can Culture Play a Positive Role in Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation? : ''Jotham Musinguzi''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;3:30 pm''' * Circumcision Decision Making in a Population of American Women Intending a Non-Interventive Birth : ''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;4* [https:00 pm''' //link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_16 Adoption: A Path to Genital Integrity ]: ''Greg Hartley''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;4* [https:30 pm''' //link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_17 Genital Integrity and Nobel Prize Winners ]: ''[[Van Lewis]]''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;5:00 pm''' Dinner (on your own)<br><br><center><big>==== Saturday, April 6</big></center><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;8:00 am''' Registration and Continental Breakfast<br>===='''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:00 am''' * What is the Foreskin? : ''Steve Scott''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:30 am''' * A Survey of the Foreskin as Depicted in Current Medical Educational Literature : ''Gary Harryman''<br>'''10:00 am''' * The Importance of the Foreskin to Penile Reflexes : ''Harry Meislahn and John Tay''<br>'''10:30 am''' * Circumcision and Sexual Pleasure: A Study : ''George Denniston''<br>'''11* [http:00 am''' //nocirc.org/touch-test/bju_6685.pdf Penile Sensitivity Touch-Test Evaluation Study ]: ''Morrie Sorrells''<br>'''11:30 am''' * Preputial Stenosis in Adolescents and Young Adults : ''Michel Beauge''<br>'''12* [https:00 pm''' //www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/bxo-does-not-require-treatment-circumcision Save the Foreskin II: BXO in Boys Does Not Mandate Circumcision ]: ''Steve Donnell''<br>'''12:30''' Buffet Lunch<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;1:30 pm''' * Comparative Analysis on Urinary Tract Infection in North America, [[Israel]], and Europe : ''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;2:00 pm''' * A Doctor Puts His Scalpel Down: What to Say to Parents : ''Paul Fleiss''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;2:30 pm''' * NORM-UK and Britain’s Health Service : ''Peter Ball''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;3:30 pm''' * A Research and Community Development Strategy for NOCIRC of Northern Ireland : ''Linda Massie''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;4:00 pm''' * Activism in North Carolina, USA : ''Amber Craig''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;4* [https:30 pm''' //www.i2researchhub.org/wp-content/uploads/storage/U3SR6H9A/The%20effect%20of%20male%20circumcision%20on%20the%20sexual%20enjoyment%20of%20the%20female%20partner.pdf Male Circumcision Hurts Sexuality of Both Partners ]: ''Kristen O’Hara''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;5:00 pm''' Dinner (on your own)<br><br><center><big>==== Sunday, April 7<====* [https:/big></center><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;8:00 am''' Registration and Continental Breakfast<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:00 am''' link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4757-4011-0_12 Something Less than Joyful: Jewish Americans and the Circumcision Dilemma ]: ''[[Leonard B. Glick]]''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9* [https:30 am''' //link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4757-4011-0_13 The Growing Jewish Circumcision Debate: A Psycho-Social Critique ]: ''[[Ronald Goldman]]''<br>'''* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10:30 am''' .1007%2F978-1-4757-4011-0_14 My Painful Journey: A Retired Jewish Physician’s Acknowledgment of Circumcision Trauma Leads Him to Intactivism ]: ''[[Mark D. Reiss]]''<br>'''11* [http:00 am''' //www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/biblio/articles/1961to1999/1997-management-of-intersexuality.html The Management of Ambiguous Genitalia ]: ''Milton Diamond''<br>'''11:30 am''' * What’s Going On: New Alliances, New Ideas, New Gains, New Hopes, And New Futures : ''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''<br>'''12* Closing:00 pm''' Closing ''[[Jeannine Parvati Baker]]''<br>'''12:30 pm''' Buffet Lunch

The International Symposium on [[human rights|Human Rights ]] and Modern Society, a special project of the [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)], provides a forum for discussion about the sexual mutilation of infants and children from historical, anthropological, cultural, religious, social, psychological, medical, ethical, legal and [[human rights ]] perspectives. NOCIRC is a non-profit educational organization that provides information for parents and others about protecting the rights of children.