1st symposium of the new international coalition The Bodyguards on the occasion of WWDOGA 2020
Launched in May 2020, The Bodyguards is an international coalition aims to amplify and make universal the fight against genital mutilation, regardless of the gender of the person concerned: female, intersex, male or transgender.
Since genital mutilation is widespread throughout the world and has a common, though often forgotten, anthropological origin, it seemed useful to strengthen local or single-gender initiatives by establishing synergies between all organizations that share the wish that these practices be abandoned. While these practices are barely regressing despite decades of effort, it seems useful to share strategies and best practices so that everyone can benefit from each other's advances, while forming a more audible common front.
If you wish to join this coalition, please consult the statutes and contact The Bodyguards at this address icasm.network@gmail.com. Here is the list of current members.
The 1st symposium of The Bodyguards was held online on 30 and 31 May 2020. In order of presentation:
Saturday May 30
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Circumcision is not reciprocal for penile hygiene
> video + presentation leaflet
Preputial Distinction
> video + presentation leaflet
Phimosis. New Insights
> video + presentation leaflet (Additional June 28 event)
M A Baky Fahmy - Emeritus Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Al Azher University, Cairo, Egypt
Some publications:
- Normal and Abnormal Prepuce, Springer, 2020 - Chapter Phimosis openly available
First illustrative textbook dealing with all aspects of the prepuce in male and female in normal status and in different diseases
- Complications in Male Circumcision, & alii, Elsevier, 2017
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Preventing suffering: the core of ethics
> video + presentation leaflet
Jonathan Leighton, PhD - Executive Director, Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS)
Some publications:
- The Battle for Compassion: Ethics in an Apathetic Universe, Algora Publishing, 2011
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MOGiS presentation
> video + transcription + presentation leaflet
Victor Schiering - MOGiS (Germany)
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Intaction presentation
> video + transcription + presentation leaflet
Anthony Losquadro - Intaction (USA)
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Intakt Norden presentation
> video + presentation leaflet
Johan Nyman - Intakt Norden (Finland)
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Global Strategy
> video + presentation leaflet
What is our major challenge in the medium term? Muslim circumcision. Faced with a global issue where intactivist organizations are politically weak, it is desirable to be part of a broad global alliance. In the path of compassion, an Appeal to open a public debate on the conditions for consent to circumcision is our advocacy strategy, in the prospect of forming lateral alliances with many other causes.
Guy Sinden & Marieke Silvere - Droit au Corps (Francophonie)
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Squaring the circle
> video + transcription + presentation leaflet
David Smith - 15 Square (UK)
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Intactivist Strategy
> video
How to Win the Game of Intactivism and End Circumcision.
Brendon Marotta - filmmaker, author, and public speaker
- His last film, American Circumcision, 2018, won multiple awards and played on Netflix
- The Intactivist Guidebook, 2020 - Read the first chapter for free here
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Foreskin Revolution - Thriving via collective intelligence and global partnerships
> video + presentation leaflet
Michael Winnel, leader of the Foreskin Revolution, presents on the journey that led to his destiny meeting core organisations that were to become the foundations of The Bodyguards.
Michael Winnel - Foreskin Revolution (Australasia)
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Sunday May 31
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Prepuce: The Skin Bank
> video (new recording June 28) + presentation leaflet
Amilal Bhat - Senior Professor and Head Dept of urology Principal and Controller JNU Hospital Jaipur, India - Researchgate & Sehat
Some publications:
- General considerations in hypospadias surgery, Indian J Urol. 2008 Apr-Jun
- Preputioplasty in Hypospadias Repair, Amilal Bhat, Vikash Singh, Mahakshit Bhat, Chapter 23 of Surgical techniques in pediatric and adolescent Urology, 2020
- Prepucioplasty for Hooded Foreskin, in Normal and Abnormal Prepuce, 2020
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Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence
> video + presentation leaflet
Jason Metters - Future Choices (UK)
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Male circumcision is a crime and slander against Islam
> video + presentation leaflet
We believe that spreading awareness in the long term is the way to stop child abuse, and this will only be done by constructively and peacefully combining societal groups, based on human rights and human principles so that the child can have a healthy and intact body.
ختان الذكور جريمة وافتراء على الإسلام
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Genital Autonomy Society presentation
> video + presentation leaflet
The Genital Autonomy Society website and database was developed with the vision of being a social network that did not have the problems of existing social media platforms (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Discord, etc.).
John Adkison - Genital Autonomy Society (USA)
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Cockfight presentation
> video + presentation leaflet
Brett Johnson & Luke Artanis - Cockfight (USA)
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