Ninth International Symposium: Difference between revisions

The '''Ninth International Symposium''' on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights convened in [https://www.washington.edu/classroom/JHN+102 Johnson Hall] at the [http://www.washington.edu/ University of Washington], Seattle, Washington, USA on August 24-26, 2006.

* '''Zachary Androus''', BA, MA, and {{PhD}} Candidate in Race, Gender, and Social Justice, American University, teaches anthropology at the Lorenzo de Medici University, Florence, Italy.

* '''Suzanne Arms''' is an author, photojournalist, filmmaker, and founder and director of Birth the Future. Bayfield, 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, CA, USA.

* '''[[Georganne Chapin]]''', MS, JD, 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 MSc in Radiation Biophysics, is the archivist and researcher for NORM-UK. Stone, Staffordshire, UK.

* '''Marie Fox''', LL.B, {{PhD}}, is Professor of Law, School of Law, Keele University and an author. Staffordshire, UK.

* '''Noel Gazzano''', medical anthropologist, received her {{PhD}} from the University of Firenze. Florence, Italy.

* '''[[John V. Geisheker| John Geisheker]]''', JD, LLM, is General Counsel and Executive Director, Doctors Opposing Circumcision. Seattle, 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, 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''', {{PhD}}, 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. Seattle, WA, USA.

* '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]]''', DPhil (Oxon), medical historian, author, and co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision. Berkeley, California, USA.

* '''[[Yngve Hofvander]]''', {{MD}}, 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. Manila, Philippines.

* '''[[David J. Llewellyn]]''', BA, JD, a practicing attorney, representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

* '''[[Ken McGrath]]''', VRD, MSc(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}}, is Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) and Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, 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, 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.

* '''[[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, VA, USA.

* '''[[Morris L. Sorrells]]''', {{MD}}, is a retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Gig Harbor, WA, USA.

* '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), Berkeley, California, USA.  

* '''Michael Thomson''', LL.B, {{PhD}}, is Professor of Law and Head of School, School of Law, Keele University and an author. Staffordshire, UK.

* '''Franco Viviani''', {{PhD}}, is Professor of Functional Anthropology, University of Udine, Professor of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.

* '''[[Rebecca Wald]]''', BA, JD, has worked as an attorney, a newspaper reporter, covering legal issues, and a newspaper and book editor. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

* '''[[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.

: ''Franco Viviani''

: ''Franco Viviani''

* '''Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia: Practices, Myths, and their Impact on the Spread of HIV/AIDS and Gender Relations'''

The Symposium was sponsored by the [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers] and [https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/ Doctors Opposing Circumcision].

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