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The '''Seventh International Symposium''' on [[human rights|Human Rights]] and Modern Society convened in the {{Construction SiteUNI|Georgetown University|GU}}[https://www.acc-guhotelandconferencecenter.com/ Conference Center] in Washington, {{USSC|DC}}, USA on April 4-7, 2002.

==Faculty==* '''[[Jeannine Parvati Baker]]''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, {{USSC|UT}}, USA.* '''[[Peter Ball]]''', {{MA}}, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.* '''[[Michel Beaugé]]''', Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper, France.* '''[[Dan Bollinger| Daniel H. Bollinger, III]]''', {{BA}}, Director, NOCIRC of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, {{USSC|IN}}, USA.* '''[[Charles A. Bonner]]''', {{JD}}, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''[[Mary Conant]]''', {{RN}}, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, {{USSC|NM}}, USA.* '''[[Amber Craig]]''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, {{USSC|NC}}, USA.* '''[[George C. Denniston]]''', {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, founder and Director, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] and author. Norland, {{USSC|WA}}, USA.* '''Milton Diamond''', {{PhD}}, Professor, {{UNI|University of Hawaii|UH}}, John A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, {{USSC|HI}}, USA.* '''Steve C. Donnell''', {{MBChB}}, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK.* '''Laurie Evans''', Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley. Katonah, {{USSC|NY}}, USA.* '''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi''', {{MD}}, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, {{USSC|NM}}, USA.* '''[[Paul M. Fleiss| Paul Fleiss]]''', {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, {{UNI|University of Southern California|USC}} Medical Center, pediatrician,and author. Los Angeles, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''[[Leonard B. Glick| Leonard Glick]]''', {{MD}}, {{PhD}}, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, {{USSC|MA}}, and author. New Salem, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.* '''[[Ronald Goldman]]''', {{PhD}}, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center. Boston, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.* '''Gary Harryman''', {{MA}}, coordinator, National Organization of Restoring Men, Southern California (NORM-SC), researcher, author. Topanga, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''Greg Hartley''', PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, {{UNI|University of Pittsburgh|Pitt}}, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar, {{USSC|PA}}, USA.* '''[[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]]''', D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, post-doctoral research associate, Department of History, {{UNI|Yale University|Yale}}, and author. New Haven, {{USSC|CT}}, USA.* '''[[Yngve Hofvander]]''', {{MD}}, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, {{UNI|Uppsala University|UU}}, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and [[UNICEF]]. Uppsala, Sweden.* '''Duane Jorde''', Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, co-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, {{USSC|HI}}, USA.* '''[[Van Lewis]]''', Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, {{USSC|FL}}, USA.* '''[[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]]''', {{MA}}, cross-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, {{USSC|AZ}}, USA.* '''[[David J. Llewellyn]]''', {{BA}}, {{JD}}, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, {{USSC|GA}}, USA.* '''Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.* '''Harry Meislahn''', {{BA}}, {{MBA}}, magna cum laude graduate in Economics, Harvard, {{MBA}} recipient, Harvard Business School, and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, {{USSC|IL}}, USA.* '''Seventh [[Marilyn Milos]]''', {{RN}}, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International SymposiumSymposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''[[Soraya Miré]]''', Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''Dr. Jotham Musinguzi''', Past Public Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda.* '''Martin Novoa''', investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''Kristen O’Hara''', BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, and author. Boston, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.* '''Shane Peterson''', {{PhD}}, affiliated with the International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, {{UNI|Edith Cowan University|ECU}}, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia.* '''[[Mark Reiss]]''', {{MD}}, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''Marianne M. Sarkis''', {{MA}}, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''[[Steve Scott]]''', Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, {{USSC|UT}}, USA.* ''' on Human [[Morris Sorrells]]''', {{MD}}, retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher. Port Ludlow, {{USSC|WA}}, USA.* '''William Stowell''', A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18-year-old to file circumcision lawsuit. Denver, {{USSC|CO}}, USA.* '''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''', {{JD}}, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.* '''[[John R. Taylor| John Taylor]]''', MB, {{FRCPC}}, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and {{UNI|University of Manitoba|UManitoba}}. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.* '''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin''', {{PhD}}, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and Modern Society convened currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia. == Proceedings ===== Program ======= Thursday, April 4 ====* Welcome and Opening Remarks: ''Marilyn Milos''* Keynote Address: [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_1Bodily Integrity in the Biotech Era]: ''Frederick Mansfield Hodges''* Award Presentations: ''Marilyn Milos'' ==== Friday, April 5 ====* [https://www.georgetownthelancet.educom/ Georgetown Universityjournals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)07737-1/fulltext A New Law Regulating Religious Circumcision in Sweden] : ''Yngve Hofvander''* [https://wwwlink.acc-guhotelandconferencecenterspringer.com/ Conference Centerchapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_6 Penile Torts in the Courts]: ''[[David Llewellyn]] ''* Circumcision: A Teenager’s Perspective: ''William Stowell''* Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in Washingtonthe Workplace, DCPart I: ''[[Charles A. Bonner|Charles Bonner]]''* Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, USA on April 4Part II: ''Martin Novoa''* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_15 Assaulted and Mutilated: Surviving Circumcision Trauma]: ''Shane Peterson''* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_8 Educating the United Nations About Male Circumcision]: ''[[J. Steven Svoboda]]''* An Adlerian Look at Neonatal [[Trauma]] and Early Childhood Beliefs: ''[[Dan Bollinger]]''* Anthropology and Circumcision: Why did it take us so long to come around?: ''Marianne Sarkis''* [http://sorayamire.org/the_book.asp Female Genital Mutilation: My Own Story]: ''[[Soraya Miré]]''* Can Culture Play a Positive Role in Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation?: ''Jotham Musinguzi''* Circumcision Decision Making in a Population of American Women Intending a Non-Interventive Birth: ''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi''* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-7, 20020_16 Adoption: A Path to Genital Integrity]: ''Greg Hartley''* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-4011-0_17 Genital Integrity and Nobel Prize Winners]: ''[[Van Lewis]]''

==Faculty=='''Jeannine Parvati Baker'''Saturday, MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, Utah, USA.<br>April 6 ===='''Peter Ball''', MA, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.<br>* What is the Foreskin?: ''Steve Scott'Michel Beauge''', Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper, France.<br>'''Daniel H. Bollinger, III''', BA, Director, NOCIRC * A Survey of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, IN, USA.<br>the Foreskin as Depicted in Current Medical Educational Literature: '''Charles A. Bonner'Gary Harryman'', JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA.<br>'''Mary Conant''', RN, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder * The Importance of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.<br>Foreskin to Penile Reflexes: ''Harry Meislahn and John Tay'Amber Craig''', MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, NC, USA.<br>'''George C. Denniston''', MD, MPH, founder and Director, Doctors Opposing * Circumcision (D.O.C.) and author. Norland, Washington, USA. <br>'''Milton Diamond''', PhD, Professor, University of Hawaii, John Sexual Pleasure: A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.<br>: ''George Denniston'Steve C. Donnell''', MB, ChB, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK.<br>'''Laurie Evans''', Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley* [http://nocirc. Katonah, NY, USAorg/touch-test/bju_6685.<br>pdf Penile Sensitivity Touch-Test Evaluation Study]: '''Rudolph P. Fedrizzi'Morrie Sorrells'', MD, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, New Mexico, USA.<br>'''Paul Fleiss''', MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, University of Southern California Medical Center, pediatrician,* Preputial Stenosis in Adolescents and author. Los Angeles, California, USA.<br>Young Adults: '''Leonard Glick'Michel Beauge'', MD, PhD, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, and author. New Salem, MA, USA.<br>'''Ronald Goldman''', PhD, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center* [https://www. Boston, MA, USAbmj.<br>'''Gary Harryman''', MA, coordinator, National Organization of Restoring Men, Southern California (NORMcom/rapid-response/2011/10/28/bxo-SC), researcher, author. Topanga, CA, USA.<br>'''Greg Hartley''', PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, University of Pittsburgh, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar,PA, USA.<br>'''Frederick Mansfield Hodges''', D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, postdoes-doctoral research associate, Department of History, Yale University, and author. New Haven, Connecticut, USA. <br>'''Yngve Hofvander''', MD, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden.<br>'''Duane Jorde''', Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, conot-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, HI, USA.<br>'''Van Lewis''', Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, Florida, USA.<br>Hanny Lightfootrequire-Klein, MA, crosstreatment-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, Arizona, USA.<br>'''David J. Llewellyn''', BA, JD, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs circumcision Save the Foreskin II: BXO in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.<br>Boys Does Not Mandate Circumcision]: ''Steve Donnell'Linda Massie''', BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.<br>'''Harry Meislahn''', BA, MBA, magna cum laude graduate * Comparative Analysis on Urinary Tract Infection in Economics, Harvard, MBA recipientNorth America, Harvard Business School[[Israel]], and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, IL, USA.<br>Europe: ''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin'Marilyn Milos''', RN, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA.<br>* A Doctor Puts His Scalpel Down: What to Say to Parents: '''Soraya Mire'Paul Fleiss'', Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, CA, USA.<br>'''Dr. Jotham Musinguzi''', Past Public * NORM-UK and Britain’s Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda.<br>Service: ''Peter Ball'Martin Novoa''', investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, CA, USA.<br>'''Kristen O’Hara''', BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, * A Research and author. Boston, MA, USA.<br>'''Shane Peterson''', PhD, affiliated with the International Office Community Development Strategy for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia.<br>Northern Ireland: '''Mark ReissLinda Massie''', MD, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, CA, USA.<br>'''Marianne M. Sarkis''', MA, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, CA* Activism in North Carolina, USA.<br>: '''Steve ScottAmber Craig''', Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.<br>'''Morris Sorrells''', MD, retired pediatrician, consultant, and researcher* [https://www. Port Ludlow, WA, USAi2researchhub.<br>'''William Stowell''', A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18org/wp-year-old to file circumcision lawsuitcontent/uploads/storage/U3SR6H9A/The%20effect%20of%20male%20circumcision%20on%20the%20sexual%20enjoyment%20of%20the%20female%20partner. Denver, CO, USA.<br>'''J. Steven Svoboda''', JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for the Rights pdf Male Circumcision Hurts Sexuality of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, California, USA.<br>Both Partners]: '''John Taylor''', MB, FRCPC, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.<br>'''Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin'Kristen O’Hara'', PhD, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.

==Proceedings== Sunday, April 7 ====<center><big><big>Program<* [https:/big></big><link.springer.com/center><big>Thursday, April 4<chapter/big><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;6:00 pm''' Registration<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;710.1007%2F978-1-4757-4011-0_12 Something Less than Joyful:00 pm''' Welcome Jewish Americans and Opening Remarks ''Marilyn Milos''<br>the Circumcision Dilemma]'''&nbsp;&nbsp;7:15 pm''' Keynote Address: Bodily Integrity in the Biotech Era ''Frederick Mansfield Hodges[[Leonard B. Glick]]''<br> '''&nbsp;&nbsp;8* [https:00 pm''' Award Presentations ''Marilyn Milos''<br><br><big>Friday, April 5</big><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;8:00 am''' Registration and Continental Breakfast<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:00 am''' A New Law Regulating Religious Circumcision in Sweden ''Yngve Hofvander''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:30 am''' Penile Torts in the Courts ''David Llewellyn''<br>'''/link.springer.com/chapter/10:00 am''' .1007%2F978-1-4757-4011-0_13 The Growing Jewish CircumcisionDebate: A Teenager’s Perspective ''William Stowell''<br>Psycho-Social Critique]'''10:30 am''[[Ronald Goldman]]' Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part I ''Charles Bonner''<br>'''11* [https:00 am''' Discrimination for Political Views: Intactivism in the Workplace, Part II ''Martin Novoa''<br>'''11:30 am''' Assaulted and Mutilated: Surviving Circumcision Trauma ''Shane Peterson''<br>'''12:00 pm''' Educating the United Nations About Male Circumcision ''J//link.springer.com/chapter/10. Steven Svoboda''<br>'''12:30 pm''' Buffet Lunch<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;1007%2F978-1-4757-4011-0_14 My Painful Journey:30 pm''' An Adlerian Look at Neonatal A Retired Jewish Physician’s Acknowledgment of Circumcision Trauma and Early Childhood Beliefs ''Dan Bollinger''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;2:00 pm''' Anthropology and Circumcision: Why did it take us so long Leads Him to come around? ''Marianne Sarkis''<br>Intactivism]'''&nbsp;&nbsp;2:30 pm''[[Mark D. Reiss]]' Female Genital Mutilation: My Own Story ''Soraya Mire''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;3* [http:00 pm''' Can Culture Play a Positive Role in Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation? ''Jotham Musinguzi''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;3:30 pm''' Circumcision Decision Making in a Population //www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/biblio/articles/1961to1999/1997-management-of American Women Intending a Non-Interventive Birth ''Rudolph Pintersexuality. Fedrizzi''<br>html The Management of Ambiguous Genitalia]'''&nbsp;&nbsp;4:00 pm''Milton Diamond' Adoption: A Path to Genital Integrity ''Greg Hartley''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;4* What’s Going On:30 pm''' Genital Integrity and Nobel Prize Winners ''Van Lewis''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;5:00 pm''' Dinner (on your own)<br><br><big>SaturdayNew Alliances, New Ideas, New Gains, New Hopes, April 6</big><br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;8:00 am''' Registration and Continental Breakfast<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:00 am''' What is the Foreskin? ''Steve Scott''<br>'''&nbsp;&nbsp;9:30 am''' A Survey of the Foreskin as Depicted in Current Medical Educational Literature ''Gary Harryman''<br>'''10:00 am''' The Importance of the Foreskin to Penile Reflexes ''Harry Meislahn and John Tay''<br>And New Futures'''10:30 am''' Circumcision and Sexual Pleasure: A Study ''George Denniston''<br>'''11:00 am''' Penile Sensitivity Touch[[Hanny Lightfoot-Test Evaluation Study ''Morrie SorrellsKlein]]''<br>'''11:30 am''' Preputial Stenosis in Adolescents and Young Adults ''Michel Beauge''<br>* Closing'''12:00 pm''' Save the Foreskin II: BXO in Boys Does Not Mandate Circumcision ''Steve Donnell''<br>'''12:30'[[Jeannine Parvati Baker]]'' Buffet Lunch<br>

<p>The International Symposium on [[human rights|Human Rights ]] and Modern Society, a special project of the [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)], provides a forum for discussion about the sexual mutilation of infants and children from historical, anthropological, cultural, religious, social, psychological, medical, ethical, legal and [[human rights ]] perspectives. NOCIRC is a non-profit educational organization that provides information for parents and others about protecting the rights of children.</p>