Sixth International Symposium
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 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.
- 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 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 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
0800–0900: Registration
0900–0915: Welcome and Opening Remarks• Marilyn Milos and George Williams
0915–1000: Keynote Address: Ending Enforced Genital Cutting of Children and Violation of Their Human Rights: Ethical, Psychological and Legal Considerations• Gregory J. Boyle
1000–1115: An Overview • George Williams, Moderator
Historical Revisionism in Recent Medical History: An Exposé and Analysis • Frederick Mansfield 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
1115–1130: Break
1130–1300: 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
1300–1430: Lunch
1430–1600: 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
1600–1615: Break
1615–1700: 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
1700–1730: Discussion
0800–0900: Registration
0900–1115: 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 Warreny
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
Discussion
1115–1130: Break
1130–1300: 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
1300-1430: Lunch
1430-1545: Female Genital Mutilation (continued) 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
1545-1630: International Symposia on Genital Integrity Award Presentations • Marilyn Milos, Moderator
1630–1645: Break
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
0800–0900: Registration
0900–1115: 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
1115–1130: Break
1130–1300: What Exactly Is Lost With Genital Cutting? • Morris 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 Sorrells and Tina Kimmel
Discussion
1300–1430: Lunch
1430–1500: Addressing the Wounds • Peter Ball, Moderator
Assaulted and Mutilated: A Personal Account of Circumcision Trauma • Shane Peterson
1500-1630: 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 Australia • 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
1500–1630: Concurrent Session B: The Role of Women in Ending Genital Mutilation • Jeannine Parvati Baker, Mary Conant, Linda Massie, Marilyn Fayre Milos, Moderators
1630–1645: Break
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
1730–1800: Closing: Jeannine Parvati Baker
The proceedings are published in 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.
Symposium organisers
- Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
- Dr. George Williams, NOCIRC of Australia
- Dr. Gregory J. Boyle, Bond University
- Dr. Frederick Hodges, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford.
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