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Author: Shelby Quast

Shelby Quast is a human rights lawyer and girls’ rights advocate. She sits on the Steering Committee of the U.S. End FGM/C Network and is the Co-Founder of VoteEquality.US. She is the CEO of Robertson, Quast & Associates and former Americas Director at Equality Now.
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Keeping Girls at the Center: Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Shelby Quast
Keeping Girls at the Center: Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

The Biden administration has committed to promoting a women’s rights agenda. We should remind President Biden, the new Gender Policy Council, and members of Congress of their domestic and foreign policy commitments to ending female genital mutilation/cutting.

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Will Congress Fight for FGM Survivors?

Shelby Quast

The U.S. Attorney General decided not to appeal the Michigan case against Jumana Nagarwala—a doctor who may have subjected up to 100 girls to Female Genital Mutilation over a 12-year period. It’s now up to Congress to respond.

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The U.S. Legal System is Failing FGM Survivors

Shelby Quast

Half a million. That is how many women and girls across the U.S. are currently at risk of or have been subjected to female genital mutilation. It’s a number that surprises many—and so should the fact that just 28 states have enacted laws to protect women and girls against it.

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