Genital Integrity Awareness Week

Washington, DC	Genital Integrity Awareness Week April 1st through April 7th, 2003
GIAW Brochure GIAW Schedule RESEARCH STATISTICS MediaFactFinder Sponsored by: I.C.G.I. Rio Cruz, Director (831) 423-6105 PST E-Mail NOCIRC Marilyn Milos, Director Phone: 415-488-9883 PST Fax: 415-488-9660 E-Mail SIC SOCIETY David Wilson, Director 321-783-6383 EST E-Mail GIAW 2001 GIAW 2002 FastCounter by bCentral	Genital Integrity is a health and human rights issue. Weeklong events include information fair, marches and demonstrations. Male Circumcision/Male Genital Mutilation (MC/MGM) is a culturally determined, body mutilation ritual that has been practiced on an estimated 650 million men and boys worldwide and 77 million in the United States. Each year 1.2 million boys in the United States undergo MC/MGM. Fifty-eight percent of all newborn boys are at risk of undergoing MC/MGM. Legislators, policy makers, psychologists, therapists, doctors, nurses parents and spouses should be aware of the consequences of MC/MGM. The International Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI) in cooperation with the National Organization of Circumcision Resource Information Centers (NOCIRC) and Stop Infant Circumcision Society (SIC Society) sponsor the Genital Integrity Awareness Week in Washington, D.C. during the first week of April, Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Washington, DC

Genital Integrity Awareness Week
April 1st through April 7th, 2003

GIAW Brochure

Sponsored by:

I.C.G.I.
Rio Cruz, Director
(831) 423-6105 PST
E-Mail

NOCIRC
Marilyn Milos, Director
Phone: 415-488-9883 PST
Fax: 415-488-9660
E-Mail

SIC SOCIETY
David Wilson, Director
321-783-6383 EST
E-Mail

GIAW 2001
GIAW 2002

FastCounter by bCentral

Genital Integrity is a health and human rights issue. Weeklong events include information fair, marches and demonstrations.

GIAW 2001 on the Capitol Building steps - D. Bollinger

Male Circumcision/Male Genital Mutilation (MC/MGM) is a culturally determined, body mutilation ritual that has been practiced on an estimated 650 million men and boys worldwide and 77 million in the United States. Each year 1.2 million boys in the United States undergo MC/MGM. Fifty-eight percent of all newborn boys are at risk of undergoing MC/MGM. Legislators, policy makers, psychologists, therapists, doctors, nurses parents and spouses should be aware of the consequences of MC/MGM.

The International Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI) in cooperation with the National Organization of Circumcision Resource Information Centers (NOCIRC) and Stop Infant Circumcision Society (SIC Society) sponsor the Genital Integrity Awareness Week in Washington, D.C. during the first week of April, Child Abuse Prevention Month.