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The Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy (WWDOGA) is a campaign day for the genital autonomy of children which has been initiated by the German "Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener im MOGiS e.V.". The aim of the WWDOGA is to propagate the right of bodily integrity and sexual self-determination for all children all over the world.
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Choice of date
Since 2013, it is celebrated on each 7th of May. This date has been chosen because on May 7th, 2012, the District Court of Cologne (Germany) has judged for the first time in Germany, that the circumcision of male children is an assault.
In 2019, the central German event for WWDOGA in Cologne did not take place for the first time on 7 May itself, but on the following Saturday, 11 May. The organizers were able to meet the wishes of many people who had little opportunity to take part in demonstrations during the week. The participation was correspondingly higher.
In 2020 & 2021, the German WWDOGA event in Cologne, which was to take place again on the Saturday following WWDOGA, was canceled due to the corona pandemic.[1] Daher hat MOGiS e.V. Videobotschaften der vorgesehenen Rednerinnen und Redner in seinem YouTube-Kanal[2] online gestellt.
In 2022, the 10th WWDOGA took place again on May 7th, which is also a favorable Saturday in terms of events.
Demands of the WWDOGA
- Compliance with and implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Art. 2 (protection against discrimination), Art. 3 (priority of the best interests of the child) and Art. 24, paragraph 3 (abolition of harmful customs)
- Legislative initiatives worldwide that provide for the protection of all children, regardless of gender, from non-therapeutic genital surgery.
- Protection of children with atypical physical sex characteristics from medically unnecessary genital operations and other interventions
- immediate stop of mass circumcisions of boys as part of alleged HIV prevention in African countries
- public research and education on the consequences of non-therapeutic genital surgery on children in their different forms and social contexts
IDOGA
In 2022, Ulf Dunkel suggested renaming the initialism WWDOGA to IDOGA, which stands for International Day of Genital Autonomy and can also be read as "I Do GA" (for "I do genital autonomy"). The newly suggested initialism or acronym might be grippier and easier to use.
List of speakers at the WWDOGA in Cologne
2024
The 2024 WWDOGA was held on 4th May 2024 which was the first Saturday prior to the 7th May which commemorates the Cologne circumcision court judgment day annually.
Live contributions from Cologne
Streaming contributions
Before the live speeches in Cologne, further video contributions to WWDOGA 2024 were streamed and are listed below.
| # | Speaker | Video link |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Lahrkamp MdB, SPD | Video: Sarah Lahrkamp |
| 2 | Ulrike Bahr MdB, SPD | Video: Ulrike Bahr |
| 3 | Project: Join our CHAIN, TERRE DES FEMMES | Video: TERRE DES FEMMES |
| 4 | Kennedy Owino Odhiambo, Intact Kenya | Video: Kennedy Owino |
| 5 | Tim Hammond, GALDEF (USA) | Video: Tim Hammond |
| 6 | Neil Walbran, Chief Officer, Healthwatch Manchester (UK) | Video: Neil Walbran |
| 7 | Leeanne Morris, MSc MBACP (UK) | Video: Leeanne Morris |
| 8 | Heike Engelhardt MdB, SPD | Video: Heike Engelhardt |
| 9 | #TogetherWeEndFGM, Aktion Regen, (Austria) | Video: Aktion Regen |
| 10 | Leif Thompson, physician (USA) | Video: Leif Thompson |
2023
Live contributions from Cologne
| # | Speaker | Video link |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gislinde Nauy, TERRE DES FEMMES | Live contribution: Gislinde Nauy |
| 2 | Ulli Schauen, African Foreskin Tales | Live contribution: Ulli Schauen |
| 3 | Lasse Schäfer, Partei der Humanisten | Live contribution: Lasse Schäfer |
| 4 | Alejandro Sanchez, Campaigns Officer National Secular Society (Großbritannien) | Live contribution: Alejandro Sanchez |
| 5 | Lilith Raza, SOFRA - Queer Migrants e.V. | Live contribution: Lilith Raza |
| 6 | David Smith, 15 Square (Großbritannien) | Live contribution: David Smith |
| 7 | Ephraim and Manasseh Seidenberg, prepuce.ch (Schweiz) | Live contribution: Ephraim and Manasseh Seidenberg |
| 8 | Evan Roman, Intact Finland (Finland) | Live contribution: Evan Roman |
| 9 | Johan Nyman, Intakt Norden (Finland) | Live contribution: Johan Nyman |
| 10 | Victor Schiering, MOGiS e.V. | Live contribution: Victor Schiering |
| 11 | Eldad Stobezki, Linguist, author, translator | Live contribution: Eldad Stobezki |
Streaming contributions
Before and after the live speeches in Cologne, further video contributions to WWDOGA 2023 were streamed and are listed below.
| # | Speaker | Video link |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrike Bahr MdB, SPD | Video: Ulrike Bahr |
| 2 | Silvia Breher MdB, CDU | Video: Silvia Breher |
| 3 | Anders Stjernholm, Chairman of Ateistisk Selskap (Denmark) | Video: Anders Stjernholm |
| 4 | Sandra Schoch, Deputy Mayor of the City of Bregenz (Austria) | Video: Sandra Schoch |
| 5 | Kennedy Owino Odhiambo, Intact Kenya | Video: Kennedy Owino |
| 6 | Tessa Ganserer MdB, GREENS | Video: Tessa Ganserer |
| 7 | Dr. Arn Sauer, Federal Foundation for Equality | Video: Dr. Arn Sauer |
| 8 | David Balashinsky, GALDEF (USA) | Video: David Balashinsky |
| 9 | #TogetherWeEndFGM, Aktion Regen, (Austria) | Video: Aktion Regen |
| 10 | The Rape of the Cock, or The Nerve-rending Story, told by Hugh Young | Video: Hugh Young: The Rape of the Cock |
| 11 | "That Thing", The genital cutting memeplex in US TV sitcoms, presented by Hugh Young | Video: Hugh Young: "That Thing" |
| 12 | Michael Drash, MOGiS e.V. | Video: Michael Drash |
| 13 | Önder Özgeday, MOGiS e.V. | Video: Önder Özgeday |
2022
Live contributions from Cologne
On 7 May 2022, a live demo took place in Cologne for the first time since 2019. The speeches on the Old Market were streamed live.
- Live contributions WWDOGA 2022 Cologne, complete video
The table below shows the individual speeches in individual videos.
Streaming contributions
Before and after the live speeches in Cologne, further video contributions to WWDOGA 2022 were streamed and are listed below.
2021
The speeches on WWDOGA 2021 were not held live in Cologne because of the Corona Pandemic in 2021, but were shared via video message in the YouTube channel by MOGiS e.V.. Here is the time schedule:
- 09:30-09:50 - Introduction
- 09:50-10:00 - Greetings Ulrike Bahr, MdB, Rapporteur for child and youth welfare of the SPD parliamentary group
- 10:00-11:30 - „The business with the foreskin“ – Live discussion with Dr. Bernhard Stier, Dr. Wolfgang Bühmann, Prof. Dr. Matthias Franz, Volker Handke & Gunter Neubauer (Mod. Victor Schiering)
- 11:30-12:15 - News from Australia – video clips – social media activitiesw, Foreskin Revolution / Darbon Institute, Michael Winnel, N.N. (Australia)
- 12:15-12:30 - Live talk - Katja Keul, MdB, Spokeswoman for legal policy of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bundestag parliamentary group
- 12:55-13:00 - Film: „We stay on the ball!“ Lobby for Girls e.V.
- 13:00-13:50 - „Circumcision in Islam“ - Seyran Ateş (Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque Berlin) talking with Prof. Mohamed Fahmy (pediatric surgeon)
- 13:50-13:55 - The Sex Organs – Music Slot 1 (The Netherlands/Switzerland)
- 13:55-14:00 - Landearbeitsgemeinschaft Jungen*- und Männer*arbeit Bayern e.V.: Statement Matthias Becker, 1. chairman
- 14:45-14:55 - Men Do Complain / Statement Richard Duncker (UK)
- 14:55-15:00 - Statement - Partei der Humanisten, Maria Krause, deputy chairwoman
- 15:00-15:15 - Live interview: „FGM and how to counter it“, Prof. Dr. Godula Kosack, CEO TERRE DES FEMMES e.V.
- 15:15-15:20 - Jungs e.V. / Statement Sven Leimkühler
- 15:30-16:00 - Live talk Säkulare Flüchtlingshilfe e.V., with Lilith Raza, Rana Ahmad & Stefan Paintner
- 16:00-16:30 - Projekt 100% MENSCH live talk, Holger Edmaier, and Lucie Veith
- 16:30-17:15 - Action Rain Vienna: Interview with the rain worker Margaret Bachlechner about FGM (Kenya/Austria)
- 17:15-17:45 - Live talk about the legal situation, Prof. Dr. Christoph Mandla
- 18:00-18:15 - Intakt Norden: Live news from the Nordic countries, with Johan Nyman
- 18:30-19:15 - „We all aren't here voluntarily“ – Live discussion with Ephraim Seidenberg, Manasseh Seidenberg, Muhammet Savci, Alexander Bachl & Victor Schiering (Germany/Switzerland)
- 19:15-20:00 - Live talk 15 Square: „Legal affairs“, Prof. Peter W. Adler, David Smith, Jason Metters (USA/UK)
- 20:00-20:30 - Live from Israel: „Circumcision in Israel“, Ronit Tamir (KAHAL)
- 20:50-21:00 - The Sex Organs – Music Slot 2 (The Netherlands/Switzerland)
- 21:00-21:30 - Live presentation - Intaction, Anthony Losquadro (USA)
2020
The speeches on WWDOGA 2020 were not held live in Cologne because of the Corona Pandemic 2020, but were shared via video message in the YouTube channel by MOGiS e.V., with Victor Schiering from MOGiS e.V. having three messages:
2019
- Victor Schiering, MOGiS e.V.
- Seyran Ateş - intaktiv ambassador
- Lloyd Schofield - Bay Area Intactivists
- Lars Stephan - Humanists Party NRW
- Sarah Luzia Hassel-Reusing & Volker Reusing - Intersexuelle Menschen e.V.
- Funda Celik - GanzKindSein
- Daniel Strandjord - Intactivist from Chicago, USA
- Gislinde Nauy - TERRE DES FEMMES
- Shemuel Garber - intaktiv ambassador
- David Smith - NORM-UK / 15 Square
2018
- Gislinde Nauy - TERRE DES FEMMES
- Hanna Wettig - WADI e.V.
- Dr. Sigrid Peter - Vice President of BVKJ
- Önder Özgeday, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener at MOGiS e.V.
- Viola Schäfer, intaktiv e.V.
- Dr. Necla Kelek - intaktiv e.V.
- Dr. Wolfgang Müller - Vorstand pro familia NRW
- David Smith - Chief Officer of Genital Autonomy
- Victor Schiering - President of MOGiS e.V.
- Ute Wellstein - speaker of LAG Säkulare Grüne Rheinland-Pfalz
- Sonja Fatma Bläser - HennaMond e.V.
- Holger Edmaier - Projekt 100% MENSCH
- Kamran Ganai - Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime (Germany)
- Prof. Mikael Aktor - Intact Denmark
- Felix Bölter, Partei der Humanisten
- Christian Mallas - Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener im MOGiS e.V.
- Renate Bernhard - journalist and film producer
2017
- Prince Hillary Maloba, VMMC Experience Project
- Kennedy Owino Odhiambo, Intact Kenya
- Max Fish, VMMC Experience Project
- Lena Nyhus, Intact Denmark
- Dr. Christoph Kupferschmid, BVKJ
- Gislinde Nauy, TERRE DES FEMMES
- Dr. Christian Bahls, MOGiS e.V.
- Felix Bölter, Partei der Humanisten
- Viola Schäfer, intaktiv e.V.
- Mina Ahadi, Central Council of ex-Muslims (Germany)
- Renate Bernhard, journalist and filmmaker
- Dr. Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Giordano Bruno Foundation
- Dr. Jutta Reisinger, GP[a 1] at Aktion Regen
2016
- Dr. Christoph Kupferschmid, BVKJ
- Angelika Bergmann-Kallwass, psychotherapist and TV presenter
- Shemuel Garber, intaktiv e.V. (USA)
- Renate Bernhard, pro familia NRW
- Ari Libsker, journalist and filmmaker (Israel)
- Simon Zobel, Biologe
- Önder Özgeday, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener at MOGiS e.V.
- Ali Utlu, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener at MOGiS e.V.
- Viola Schäfer, intaktiv e.V.
- Felix Bölter, Partei der Humanisten
- Christian Bahls, MOGiS e.V.
- Ulla Barreto, TABU e.V.
2015
- Gislinde Nauy, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener at MOGiS e.V.
- Lloyd Schofield, Bay Area Intactivists (speech read by Martin Novoa)
- Guy Sinden, Droit au corps, Beschneidungsforum.de
- Marilyn Milos, NOCIRC (USA)
- Ute Wellstein (speaker of the Regional Working Group of the Secular Greens in Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Ali Utlu, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener at MOGiS e.V.
- Viola Schäfer, intaktiv e.V.
- Christian Bahls, MOGiS e.V.
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk, TERRE DES FEMMES
- Shemuel Garber, intaktiv e.V. (USA)
- Mina Ahadi, Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime (Germany)
- Kaan Göktaş (Istanbul)
- Renate Bernhard, activist against (FGM), member of pro familia NRW
- Martin Novoa, Legal and Bioethics Advisor
- Markus Bauer, Zwischengeschlecht.org / StopIGM.org
- Lena Nyhus, Intact Denmark
2014
- Victor Schiering, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener at MOGiS e.V.
- David Smith, NORM-UK
- Mohamed Louizi
- Viola Schäfer, Intaktiv e.V.
- Dr. Christoph Kupferschmid, BVKJ
- Mina Ahadi, Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime (Germany)
- Christa Müller, (I)NTACT
- Dr. Jérôme Segal, Universität Paris-Sorbonne
- Renate Bernhard, pro familia NRW
- Christian Bahls, MOGiS e.V.
2013
- Viola Schäfer, Intaktiv e.V.
- Mina Ahadi, Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime (Germany)
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk, TERRE DES FEMMES
- Alexander Bachl, Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener atMOGiS e.V.
- Bernd Kammermeier, gbs Rhine-Main (Germany)
- Dr. med. Wolfram Hartmann, BVKJ
- Christian Bahls, MOGiS e.V.
Accompanying events
2022
- 9 to 28 May 2022:
- Midwest Circumcision Crisis Protests 2022, organized by the Bloodstained Men & Their Friends.
- 7 May 2022, 7-10 am:
Whole means: EVERYTHING!, Ways of genital self-determination. An annotated film evening with discussion, PATHOS Theater, Dachauer Strasse 110 d, 80636 Munich, Germany. (7 May 2022)
- 5 May 2022, 9 pm - 6 am:
- Genital autonomy and child protection - conference on the 10th anniversary of the "Cologne circumcision judgment", Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Atrium Maximum in the old canteen building, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany. (5 May 2022)
- 7 April 2022:
- Criminal liability for circumcision of boys? Legal assessment of the medically non-indicated circumcision of boys lacking capacity against the background of medical and theological perspectives University research focus "Change in the family in the context of migration and globalization", University of Lucerne, seminar room 4.A05, Switzerland. (7 April 2022)
2021
2020
2019
- Germany
- Kick-off event of the one-year awareness campaign "My body - intact and self-determined", Berlin.[4]
- Israel
- Israeli intact activists demonstrate against children against MGM.
- Kenya
- First demo of Kenyan Intactivists at the Okalo Market in Matunga, Kakamega County.
- Norway
- Event "Bodily integrity and genital autonomy" in Turku, organized by JÅ - Intresseföreningen för jämställdhet vid ÅA.
- USA
- San Francisco: Demo and Jonathon Conte Memorial Luncheon, organized by Genital Autonomy America.
- US Heartland: 16-day demo in various American cities, organized by Bloodstained Men & Their Friends.
2018
- Germany
- On the occasion of this year's main topic "Female genital mutilation in Asia", TERRE DES FEMMES held a panel discussion on the 6th of May in the Old Firestation in Cologne.
- Israel
- Israelic intactivists celebrated a "Conciousness Day Circumcision" for the first time on this day.
- USA
- San Francisco: The Bay Area Intactivists demonstrated near the Ferry Building.
2017
- Germany
- The WWDOGA in Germany was introduced by a press conference in Berlin on May 4th, and closed by a symposium Jungenbeschneidung in Deutschland - eine Bestandsaufnahme (Circumcision on boys in Germany - an inventory) at the University Düsseldorf on May 8th.
- USA
- Denver: Intactivists demonstrated between California and Stout Street.
- Los Angeles: Genital Autonomy - America hosted films and discussions of the common ground surrounding non-therapeutic genital cutting of male, female, and intersex children.
- San Diego: Intactivists demonstrated in front of the ACOG and informed the doctors about the harmful consequences of RIC.
- San Francisco: The Bay Area Intactivists demonstrated in the streets.
2016
- Australia
- Sydney: Intactivists from AIGA Inc. demonstrated in William Street.
- Germany
- The WWDOGA in Germany was accompanied by four in film and discussion events, where the films Circumcision by Ari Libsker, Hibos Lied - Weibliche Genitalverstümmelung und die Macht der Tradition by Renate Bernhard and Sigrid Dethlof, and the animated short film Hermes und Aphrodite by Gregor Zootsky were shown in Munich, Düsseldorf, Cologne, and Berlin.[5]
- UK
- London: Intactivists from London demonstrated in the city with banners and info sheets.
- USA
- Cathedral City (California): On two days, films around the topic of circumcision were shown and discussed.
- Charleston (WV): On the WWDOGA, the 3rd day of the Mid-Atlantic, White House & Ob-Gyn Circumcision Crisis Protests took place.
- Denver: Intactivists demonstrated between California and Stout Street.
- New York: Intactivists demonstrated peacefully against circmcision of children at the Union Square.[6]
- San Francisco: The Bay Area Intactivists demonstrated in the streets.[7]
2015
In Germany, the WWDOGA was followed by a "Genital Autonomy" conference in the Haus der Jugend (Youth Hostel) in Frankfurt/Main.
2014
In Germany, a Scientific Symposium took place one day earlier in Cologne, being organized by MOGiS e.V. and pro familia NRW.
Supporting organizations
See Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy/Supporters.
External links
Official website. Retrieved 16 September 2019- Wikipedia article: World Wide Day of Genital Autonomy. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- Facebook page. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
Abbreviations
- Jump up ↑
General practitioner (GP)
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
References
- Jump up ↑ (22 April 2020).
Weltweiter Tag der genitalen Selbstbestimmung abgesagt
, Facebook. Retrieved 22 April 2020. - ↑ Jump up to: a b c
YouTube-Kanal: MOGiS e.V. - Eine Stimme für Betroffene
, YouTube. Retrieved 5 May 2020. - ↑ Jump up to: a b (7 May 2020).
Internet-Protest gegen Genitalverstümmelung an Kindern
[Internet protest against genital mutilation on children] (German), evangelisch.de. Retrieved 7 May 2020. - Jump up ↑ "It can not be early enough to look after child protection!", HPD
- Jump up ↑ https://genitale-selbstbestimmung.de/archiv/filmabend/
- Jump up ↑ http://www.intactnews.org/node/937/1450917187/demonstration-genital-autonomy
- Jump up ↑ http://www.bayareaintactivists.org/node/332