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− | + | The '''Ninth International Symposium''' on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights convened in [https://www.washington.edu/classroom/JHN+102 Johnson Hall] at the {{UNI|University of Washington|UW}}, Seattle, {{USSC|WA}}, USA on August 24-26, 2006. | |
− | The '''Ninth International Symposium''' on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights convened in [https://www.washington.edu/classroom/JHN+102 Johnson Hall] at the | ||
==Faculty== | ==Faculty== | ||
+ | * '''Mostafa K. Al-Madawi''' is a retired judge. Benghazi, Libya. | ||
+ | * '''Zachary Androus''', {{BA}}, {{MA}}, and {{PhD}} Candidate in Race, Gender, and Social Justice, {{UNI|American University|AU}}, teaches anthropology at the {{UNI|Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici|LdM}}, Florence, Italy. | ||
+ | * '''Suzanne Arms''' is an author, photojournalist, filmmaker, and founder and director of Birth the Future. Bayfield, {{USSC|CO}}. | ||
+ | * '''[[Peter Ball]]''', {{MA}}, MB, B.Chir., retired family practitioner, is Vice Chairman, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK. | ||
+ | * '''David Chamberlain''', {{PhD}}, is a psychologist, pioneer in prenatal and birth psychology, and author. Nevada City, {{USSC|CA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Georganne Chapin]]''', MS, {{JD}}, is President and CEO of Hudson Health Plan and adjunct faculty member, {{UNI|Pace University|PACE}} School of Law. Terrytown, {{USSC|NY}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[John Dalton]]''', a biochemist with an {{MS}} in Radiation Biophysics, is the archivist and researcher for NORM-UK. Stone, Staffordshire, UK. | ||
+ | * '''Oloaye Olusoji Emmanuel''', founder, Media for Ethnic Equality (MEE), inspiring youths and campaigning for peace in the world through the media. Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria. | ||
+ | * '''Marie Fox''', LL.B, {{PhD}}, is Professor of Law, School of Law, {{UNI|Keele University|KU}} and an author. Staffordshire, UK. | ||
+ | * '''Noel Gazzano''', medical anthropologist, received her {{PhD}} from the {{UNI|University of Firenze|UniFI}}. Florence, Italy. | ||
+ | * '''[[John V. Geisheker| John Geisheker]]''', {{JD}}, LLM, is General Counsel and Executive Director, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]. Seattle, {{USSC|WA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Leonard B. Glick]]''', {{MD}}, {{PhD}}, Professor of Anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, {{MA}} (retired), is the author of ''Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America''. New Salem, {{USSC|MA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''Jess Grant''' is a singer and writer of songs to provoke and amuse, fusing lyrical intensity with diverse pop styles and working-class ethics. Seattle, {{USSC|WA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Pia Grassivaro Gallo]]''', {{PhD}}, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Faculty of Psychology, {{UNI|University of Padua|UNIPD}}, organized Padua’s Working Group on FGM. Padua, Italy. | ||
+ | * '''Matthew Hess''', founder and President of San Diego-based MGMbill.org, is seeking to pass US laws that would protect boys from non-therapeutic circumcision. San Diego, {{USSC|CA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[George Hill]]''' is the Vice-President for Bioethics and Medical Science, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]. Seattle, {{USSC|WA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]]''', {{PhD}} (Oxon), medical historian, author, and co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision. Berkeley, {{USSC|CA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Yngve Hofvander]]''', {{MD}}, is a pediatrician and Professor, International Child Health, {{UNI|Uppsala University|UU}}. Uppsala, Sweden. | ||
+ | * '''Primus Lake''', is a Professor, {{UNI|Nusa Cendana University|Undana}}. Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia. | ||
+ | * '''Romeo B. Lee''', is Associate Professor, Behavioural Sciences, {{UNI|De La Salle University|DLSU}}. Manila, Philippines. | ||
+ | * '''Gloria Lemay''' is a writer, midwifery educator, and childbirth activist. Vancouver, BC, Canada. | ||
+ | * '''[[David J. Llewellyn]]''', {{BA}}, {{JD}}, a practicing attorney, representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, {{USSC|GA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, is founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. | ||
+ | * '''[[Ken McGrath]]''', VRD, {{MS}} (Hons), LIBiol, is Senior Lecturer in Pathology, Faculty of Health, {{UNI|Auckland University of Technology|AUT}}. Auckland, NZ. | ||
+ | * '''Jody McLaughlin''' is editor of the ''Compleat Mother'' magazine and Director, NOCIRC of ND. Minot, {{USSC|ND}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Marilyn Milos]]''', {{RN}}, is Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) and Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, {{USSC|CA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''Stephanie Mines''', {{PhD}}, is a psychologist and the author of ''We Are All in [[Shock]]: How Overwhelming Experience Shatters You and What You Can do About It'' (New Page Books, 2003). Boulder, {{USSC|CO}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''Debora Moro''' is a graduate in Psychology, Working Group on FGM, {{UNI|University of Padua|UNIPD}}. Padua, Italy. | ||
+ | * '''Miriam Pollack''', an educator, has been advocating for genital integrity for Jewish as well as non-Jewish baby boys for the past 15 years. Boulder, {{USSC|CO}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Patricia Robinett]]''' is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and the author of ''The Big Ugly'' and ''The Rape of Innocence''. Eugene, {{USSC|OR}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Steve Scott]]''', Educational Outreach Coordinator of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, is the Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, {{USSC|UT}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[David Smith]]''' is the general manager of NORM-UK and editor of NORM NEWS. Stone, Staffordshire, UK. | ||
+ | * '''[[James L. Snyder]]''', {{MD}}, {{FACS}}, is a Diplomate, American Board of Urology, Fellow, American College of Surgeons and Past President, Virginia Urological Society. Clifton Forge, {{USSC|VA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[Morris L. Sorrells]]''', {{MD}}, is a retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Gig Harbor, {{USSC|WA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', {{JD}}, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), Berkeley, {{USSC|CA}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''Michael Thomson''', LL.B, {{PhD}}, is Professor of Law and Head of School, School of Law, {{UNI|Keele University|KU}} and an author. Staffordshire, UK. | ||
+ | * '''[[Franco Viviani]]''', {{PhD}}, is Professor of Functional Anthropology, {{UNI|University of Udine|UniUD}}, Professor of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, {{UNI|University of Padua|UNIPD}}, Italy. | ||
+ | * '''[[Rebecca Wald]]''', {{BA}}, {{JD}}, has worked as an attorney, a newspaper reporter, covering legal issues, and a newspaper and book editor. Fort Lauderdale, {{USSC|FL}}, USA. | ||
+ | * '''[[John Warren]]''', {{MA}}, MB, Bchirc, DCH, FRCP, is a retired physician and founder of NORM-UK. Harlow, Essex, UK. | ||
+ | * '''[[Hugh Young]]''', a journalist and radio producer, created and maintains a [[human rights]] website, www.circumstitions.com, treating [[intactness]] rather than [[circumcision]] as normal. Pukerua Bay, New Zealand. | ||
+ | ==Proceedings== | ||
+ | === Program === | ||
+ | ==== Thursday, 24 August ==== | ||
+ | * '''Welcome and Opening Remarks''' | ||
+ | : ''Marilyn Milos, John Geisheker, and Peter Ball'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_1 The Delusional Psychologies of Circumcision and Civilization]''' | ||
+ | : ''David Chamberlain'' | ||
+ | * '''Determining the Best Interest of the Child: A comparative approach to professional medical guidance for relating male circumcision''' | ||
+ | : ''Marie Fox and Michael Thomson'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=MNRJ0YuLNBUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA32&ots=psSw93pB9S&sig=jLG9TuZBseInT9Wd-61vqCHjOOE#v=onepage&q&f=false Cultural Relativism at Home and Abroad]''' | ||
+ | : ''Zachary Androus'' | ||
+ | * '''Circumcision in Perspective''' | ||
+ | : ''Jody McLaughlin'' | ||
+ | * '''Circumcision Mythologies in Conflict with Logic, Reason, and Common Sense''' | ||
+ | : ''Steve Scott'' | ||
+ | * '''Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation on Global Health and Sexuality''' | ||
+ | : ''Olaoye Olusoji Emmanuel'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_4 Medical Interventions on Women’s Genitals: Historical Texts and Contemporary Discourse]''' | ||
+ | : ''Noel Gazzano'' | ||
+ | * ''''' | ||
+ | : ''Debora Moro'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_6 The Ritual Use of Herbs for Female Genital Modifications in Africa]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Franco Viviani]]'' | ||
+ | * '''Ten Years of Merka’s Alternative Rite in Somalia (1996-2005): From “Sunna Gudnin” to “Gudnin Usub”''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Franco Viviani]]'' | ||
+ | * '''Muslims and Circumcision''' | ||
+ | : ''Mostafa K. Al-Madawi'' | ||
+ | * '''Changing People’s Minds about Circumcision''' | ||
+ | : ''Patricia Robinett'' | ||
− | == | + | ==== Friday, 25 August ==== |
− | < | + | * '''“Toxic Irritation of the Nervous System” Abraham Wolbarst and the Industrial Implementation of Eugenic Circumcision''' |
+ | : ''Frederick Hodges'' | ||
+ | * '''Excuses for Circumcision: Some Byways of Penile Anatomy''' | ||
+ | : ''Ken McGrath'' | ||
+ | * '''The Perils of Circumcision''' | ||
+ | : ''[[James L. Snyder]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_11 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: A Risk of Circumcised Boys]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[George Hill]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_10 Conservative Management of Foreskin Problems]''' | ||
+ | : ''John Dalton'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410x.2006.06685.x Fine Touch Pressure Thresholds in the Adult Penis]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Morris L. Sorrells]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_12 Fitting In and Getting Off: Elective Adult Male Circumcision in the USA]''' | ||
+ | : ''Zachary Androus'' | ||
+ | * '''Image: Are We Right or Wrong?''' | ||
+ | : ''David Smith'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_14 "Real Men”: Foreskin Cutting and Male Identity in the Philippines]''' | ||
+ | : ''Leonard Glick'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_15 Filipino Male Experience of Ritual Circumcision: Perspectus and Insights for Philippine-Based Anti-Circumcision Advocacy]''' | ||
+ | : ''Romeo B. Lee'' | ||
+ | * '''Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia: Practices, Myths, and their Impact on the Spread of [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] and Gender Relations''' | ||
+ | : ''Primus Lake'' | ||
+ | * '''Report from NOCIRC of Ireland''' | ||
+ | : ''Linda Massie'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_13 News from NORM-UK]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[John Warren]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_22 Male Circumcision in Europe: Is There Anything We Can Do?]''' | ||
+ | : ''Yngve Hofvander'' | ||
+ | * '''Foreskins for Keeps: A Midwife’s Project to End Circumcision''' | ||
+ | : ''Gloria Lemay'' | ||
+ | * '''Circumcision in the Mass Media''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Hugh Young]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Saturday, 26 August ==== | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_18 Coding, Reporting, and Analyzing Circumcision Data]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Georganne Chapin]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.academia.edu/download/34923142/A_Treatise_from_the_Trenches_Why_Are_Circumcision_Lawsuits_So_Hard_to_Win_2009.pdf A Treatise From the Trenches: Why Are Circumcision Lawsuits So Hard to Win?]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_20 Winning and Losing on the Circuit]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[David J. Llewellyn]]'' | ||
+ | * '''Switching Gears in Washington State: From Individual Lawsuits to Writ of Mandamus''' | ||
+ | : ''[[John Geisheker]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_21 The MGM Bill Proposals: A Legislative Strategy for Protecting US boys from Circumcision]''' | ||
+ | : ''Matthew Hess'' | ||
+ | * '''Ending Non-religious Circumcision: Supply vs Demand''' | ||
+ | : ''A Moderated Discussion'' | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.academia.edu/download/62318435/by_James_DeMeo_auth.__George_C._Denniston__Mari_2250387_z-lib.org_2020-02-14_18_57_0420200309-42293-6mjkl5.pdf#page=167 Defining What is Sacred]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Miriam Pollack]]'' | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.beyondthebris.com/ Beyond the Bris: One Jewish Mother’s Experience]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Rebecca Wald]]'' | ||
+ | * '''Resolving Circumcision Trauma: Neurological Repatterning and Healing Action''' | ||
+ | : ''[https://www.kosmosjournal.org/contributor/stephanie-mines/ Stephanie Mines]'' | ||
+ | * '''Ending Circumcision for Children: A Total Paradigm Shift''' | ||
+ | : ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Arms Suzanne Arms]'' | ||
+ | * '''[https://ttfuture.org/files/2/members/int_jp_baker.pdf Tribute to] [[Jeannine Parvati Baker]]''' | ||
+ | : ''[[Marilyn Milos]] and Suzanne Arms'' | ||
+ | * '''No Host Banquet Dinner and Premier Performance''' | ||
+ | : ''Composer Ron Romanovsky and [[Betty Katz Sperlich]], co-founder, [[Nurses for the Rights of the Child]], present IT’S A BOY! (a circus opera). The performance includes five vocalists and two accompanists.'' | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | The proceedings are published in ''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1402091664/ref=rdr_ext_tmb Circumcision and Human Rights]'', edited by [[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Milos| Marilyn Fayre Milos]], Springer, 2009. | ||
− | == | + | == Sponsors == |
− | The Symposium was sponsored by the [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers] and [ | + | The Symposium was sponsored by the [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers] and [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]. |
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
− | {{ | + | {{List of International Symposiums}} |
+ | |||
+ | {{LINKS}} | ||
+ | * [http://gaamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/symposium-9.pdf Official Brochure of the Ninth International Symposium] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ABBR}}<!--{{REF}}--> | ||
[[Category:Symposium]] | [[Category:Symposium]] | ||
[[Category:Intactivism]] | [[Category:Intactivism]] |
Latest revision as of 21:38, 12 April 2024
The Ninth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights convened in Johnson Hall at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA on August 24-26, 2006.
Contents
Faculty
- Mostafa K. Al-Madawi is a retired judge. Benghazi, Libya.
- Zachary Androus, BA[a 1], M.A.[a 2], and Ph.D.[a 3] Candidate in Race, Gender, and Social Justice, American University, teaches anthropology at the Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy.
- Suzanne Arms is an author, photojournalist, filmmaker, and founder and director of Birth the Future. Bayfield, CO.
- Peter Ball, M.A.[a 2], MB, B.Chir., retired family practitioner, is Vice Chairman, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
- David Chamberlain, Ph.D.[a 3], is a psychologist, pioneer in prenatal and birth psychology, and author. Nevada City, CA, USA.
- Georganne Chapin, MS, J.D.[a 4], is President and CEO of Hudson Health Plan and adjunct faculty member, Pace University School of Law. Terrytown, NY, USA.
- John Dalton, a biochemist with an M.S.[a 5] in Radiation Biophysics, is the archivist and researcher for NORM-UK. Stone, Staffordshire, UK.
- Oloaye Olusoji Emmanuel, founder, Media for Ethnic Equality (MEE), inspiring youths and campaigning for peace in the world through the media. Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria.
- Marie Fox, LL.B, Ph.D.[a 3], is Professor of Law, School of Law, Keele University and an author. Staffordshire, UK.
- Noel Gazzano, medical anthropologist, received her Ph.D.[a 3] from the University of Firenze. Florence, Italy.
- John Geisheker, J.D.[a 4], LLM, is General Counsel and Executive Director, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.). Seattle, WA, USA.
- Leonard B. Glick, M.D.[a 6], Ph.D.[a 3], Professor of Anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, M.A.[a 2] (retired), is the author of Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America. New Salem, MA, USA.
- Jess Grant is a singer and writer of songs to provoke and amuse, fusing lyrical intensity with diverse pop styles and working-class ethics. Seattle, WA, USA.
- Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Ph.D.[a 3], Associate Professor of Anthropology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua, organized Padua’s Working Group on FGM. Padua, Italy.
- Matthew Hess, founder and President of San Diego-based MGMbill.org, is seeking to pass US laws that would protect boys from non-therapeutic circumcision. San Diego, CA, USA.
- George Hill is the Vice-President for Bioethics and Medical Science, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.). Seattle, WA, USA.
- Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Ph.D.[a 3] (Oxon), medical historian, author, and co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision. Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Yngve Hofvander, M.D.[a 6], is a pediatrician and Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden.
- Primus Lake, is a Professor, Nusa Cendana University. Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia.
- Romeo B. Lee, is Associate Professor, Behavioural Sciences, De La Salle University. Manila, Philippines.
- Gloria Lemay is a writer, midwifery educator, and childbirth activist. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- David J. Llewellyn, BA[a 1], J.D.[a 4], a practicing attorney, representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Linda Massie, BSc, PG/Dip, is founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- Ken McGrath, VRD, M.S.[a 5] (Hons), LIBiol, is Senior Lecturer in Pathology, Faculty of Health, Auckland University of Technology. Auckland, NZ.
- Jody McLaughlin is editor of the Compleat Mother magazine and Director, NOCIRC of ND. Minot, ND, USA.
- Marilyn Milos, RN[a 7], is Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) and Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, CA, USA.
- Stephanie Mines, Ph.D.[a 3], is a psychologist and the author of We Are All in Shock: How Overwhelming Experience Shatters You and What You Can do About It (New Page Books, 2003). Boulder, CO, USA.
- Debora Moro is a graduate in Psychology, Working Group on FGM, University of Padua. Padua, Italy.
- Miriam Pollack, an educator, has been advocating for genital integrity for Jewish as well as non-Jewish baby boys for the past 15 years. Boulder, CO, USA.
- Patricia Robinett is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and the author of The Big Ugly and The Rape of Innocence. Eugene, OR, USA.
- Steve Scott, Educational Outreach Coordinator of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, is the Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
- David Smith is the general manager of NORM-UK and editor of NORM NEWS. Stone, Staffordshire, UK.
- James L. Snyder, M.D.[a 6], F.A.C.S.[a 8], is a Diplomate, American Board of Urology, Fellow, American College of Surgeons and Past President, Virginia Urological Society. Clifton Forge, VA, USA.
- Morris L. Sorrells, M.D.[a 6], is a retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Gig Harbor, WA, USA.
- J. Steven Svoboda, J.D.[a 4], founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Michael Thomson, LL.B, Ph.D.[a 3], is Professor of Law and Head of School, School of Law, Keele University and an author. Staffordshire, UK.
- Franco Viviani, Ph.D.[a 3], is Professor of Functional Anthropology, University of Udine, Professor of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.
- Rebecca Wald, BA[a 1], J.D.[a 4], has worked as an attorney, a newspaper reporter, covering legal issues, and a newspaper and book editor. Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
- John Warren, M.A.[a 2], MB, Bchirc, DCH, FRCP, is a retired physician and founder of NORM-UK. Harlow, Essex, UK.
- Hugh Young, a journalist and radio producer, created and maintains a human rights website, www.circumstitions.com, treating intactness rather than circumcision as normal. Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.
Proceedings
Program
Thursday, 24 August
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Marilyn Milos, John Geisheker, and Peter Ball
- David Chamberlain
- Determining the Best Interest of the Child: A comparative approach to professional medical guidance for relating male circumcision
- Marie Fox and Michael Thomson
- Zachary Androus
- Circumcision in Perspective
- Jody McLaughlin
- Circumcision Mythologies in Conflict with Logic, Reason, and Common Sense
- Steve Scott
- Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation on Global Health and Sexuality
- Olaoye Olusoji Emmanuel
- Noel Gazzano
- Debora Moro
- Ten Years of Merka’s Alternative Rite in Somalia (1996-2005): From “Sunna Gudnin” to “Gudnin Usub”
- Muslims and Circumcision
- Mostafa K. Al-Madawi
- Changing People’s Minds about Circumcision
- Patricia Robinett
Friday, 25 August
- “Toxic Irritation of the Nervous System” Abraham Wolbarst and the Industrial Implementation of Eugenic Circumcision
- Frederick Hodges
- Excuses for Circumcision: Some Byways of Penile Anatomy
- Ken McGrath
- The Perils of Circumcision
- John Dalton
- Zachary Androus
- Image: Are We Right or Wrong?
- David Smith
- Leonard Glick
- Romeo B. Lee
- Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia: Practices, Myths, and their Impact on the Spread of HIV/AIDS and Gender Relations
- Primus Lake
- Report from NOCIRC of Ireland
- Linda Massie
- Yngve Hofvander
- Foreskins for Keeps: A Midwife’s Project to End Circumcision
- Gloria Lemay
- Circumcision in the Mass Media
Saturday, 26 August
- Switching Gears in Washington State: From Individual Lawsuits to Writ of Mandamus
- Matthew Hess
- Ending Non-religious Circumcision: Supply vs Demand
- A Moderated Discussion
- Resolving Circumcision Trauma: Neurological Repatterning and Healing Action
- Ending Circumcision for Children: A Total Paradigm Shift
- Marilyn Milos and Suzanne Arms
- No Host Banquet Dinner and Premier Performance
- Composer Ron Romanovsky and Betty Katz Sperlich, co-founder, Nurses for the Rights of the Child, present IT’S A BOY! (a circus opera). The performance includes five vocalists and two accompanists.
The proceedings are published in Circumcision and Human Rights, edited by George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Springer, 2009.
Sponsors
The Symposium was sponsored by the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers and Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.).
See also
- 1989: First International Symposium on Circumcision
- 1991: Second International Symposium on Circumcision
- 1994: Third International Symposium on Circumcision
- 1996: Fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations
- 1998: Fifth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations
- 2000: Sixth International Symposium on Genital Integrity
- 2002: Seventh International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society
- 2004: Eighth International Symposium on Circumcision and Human Rights
- 2006: Ninth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights
- 2008: Tenth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights
- 2010: Eleventh International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights
- 2012: Twelfth International Symposium on Law, Genital Autonomy, and Human Rights
- 2014: Thirteenth International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights
- 2016: Fourteenth International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights
- 2018: Fifteenth International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights
- 2022: Sixteenth International Symposium on Child Genital Cutting
External links
Abbreviations
- ↑ a b c
Bachelor of Arts
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (BA or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus.) - ↑ a b c d
Master of Arts
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. - ↑ a b c d e f g h i j
Doctor of Philosophy
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021. (Also abbreviated as D.Phil.) - ↑ a b c d e
Juris Doctor
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (Also known as Doctor of Law or Doctor of Jurisprudence.) - ↑ a b
Master of Science
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (Latin: magisterii scientiae; also abbreviated MS, MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) - ↑ a b c d
Doctor of Medicine
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common. - ↑
Registered nurse
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 January 2021. - ↑
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 10 January 2021.