The African resistance to the mass male circumcision campaign This page contains two guest articles about the grassroots resistance to the campaign to circumcise men and boys across Africa. The VMMC campaign (voluntary medical male circumcision) targets African communities with the goal of creating and maintaining an 80 percent male circumcision rate across the...
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Tags: AIDS, bill and melinda gates foundation, circumcision, HIV, informed consent, Kennedy Owino, vmmc experience project
Posted in Africa, Circumcision, Kennedy Owino | 2 Comments »
NCFM NOTE: Did you know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was spending millions of dollars in Africa promoting male circumcision in the wrongful belief their effort will stem the transmission of various diseases? If true, why not promote clitoral circumcision? Or…did you know that removed foreskins are worth their weight in gold...
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Tags: bill and melinda gates foundation, circumcision, circumcision africa, intact africa, intactivism, kenya
Posted in Circumcision, Contraception, Discrimination, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Discrimination Men by Men, Double Standard, Genital Mutilation, Kennedy Owino | 1 Comment »
By Kennedy Owino Radio Pacho is found in Siaya town broadcasting wide enough to crisscross three or four other neighbouring counties through the frequency of 88.3 fm. That is where the radio presenter Bande Edward hosted Job Kajwang and I on the eve of Friday 17th August, 2018 from 9:20pm to a few minutes...
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Tags: bill and melina gates foundation, bill and melinda gates, botched circumcision, circumcision, circumcision africa, genital autonomy, genital cutting, genital integrety, genital mutilation, Kennedy Owino
Posted in Discrimination, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Men by Men, Genital Mutilation, International, Kennedy Owino | No Comments »
NCFM NOTE: NCFM has been helping Kennedy for several years by posting information about his courageous efforts in Kenya and providing some financial support which has allowed him to buy promotional materials and defray travel expenses.  We will continue doing so since his cause is just and he is accomplishment oriented. If you are an...
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Tags: circumcision, genital mutilation, Kennedy Owino, mass circumcision, vmmc experience project
Posted in Abused Man, Abused Men, Africa, Circumcision, Discrimination, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Double Standard, Genital Mutilation, Kennedy Owino | 2 Comments »
NCFM Kenya Liaison Kennedy Owino’s report on genital mutilation and a related seminar near the Kenya-Tanzania border Lenkisem is a small village found on a vast flat land to the South of Sultan Hamud in Kajiado County. We were able to access the area driving on a murram road snaking through a jungle which...
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Tags: circumcison, discrimination against boys, discrimination against males, intact kenya, Kennedy Owino
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