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<br>The '''Sixth International Symposium''' on Genital Integrity convened in [https://www.wesleycollege-usyd.edu.au/ Wesley College] at the [https://sydney.edu.au/ 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.

* '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger]], III''', BA, founder and Director, Wabash Men’s Council,Indiana, USA.

* '''[[Charles A. 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 M. Fleiss| 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.

* '''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.

* '''[[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.

* '''Brett McCann''', Counsellor, Sexual Health Clinic, Sydney Hospital, President, Australasian Sexual Health Counsellors Society. Sydney, NSW, Australia.

* '''[[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.

* '''[[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 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.

* '''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.

* '''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.

* '''Keynote Address: Ending Enforced Genital Cutting of Children and Violation of Their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations'''

:: ''Robert Darby''

:* Doctors, Be Warned! Circumcise Today and You Could Be Sued Tomorrow!

:* A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand: “I never liked doing them and I was pleased to give it up.”

:* Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation

:* Sunna Budnin: An Alternative Ritual to Infibulation, Invented and Carried Out in the Merka District, Somalia

:: ''Pia Grassivaro Gallo and Franco Viviani''

: ''DaiSik Kim, Myung-Geol Pang, Sae Chul Kim''

:* Sigmund Freud, Male Circumcision and the Mind: A Psychoanalytic Review

:* Physical, Sexual, and Psychological Impact of Male Infant Circumcision: An Exploratory Study

:* Neonatal Circumcision: Long-Term Harmful Effects

:* Ritual and Medical Circumcision Among Filipino Boys: Evidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

:* Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma

: ''Jeannine Parvati Baker, [[Mary Conant]], Linda Massie, [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], Moderators''

: ''Jeannine Parvati Baker''

* [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], RN, [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]

* Dr. [[Gregory J. Boyle]], Bond University

* Dr. [[Frederick M. Hodges]], Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford.

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* [http://gaamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/symposium.pdf Official Symposium Brochure]]