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Report: France sees a sharp increase in female genital mutilation cases.

According to a recently released report by the French National Public Health Agency, the number of cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has risen sharply over the last two decades.

The substantial increase was emphasized in the organization’s peer-reviewed journal, the Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin (BSH), which mentioned that the estimated number of female genital mutilation victims grew from 60,000 in the early 2000s to 124,3555 within a time span of about a decade.

Of those individuals who were found to be most at risk of FGM, the majority, 72 percent were migrants between the ages of 18 and 40 who mostly came from French-speaking parts of Africa. According to the report, 70 percent of the women who were victims came from either Mali, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Senegal, or Guinea.

As for women born in France who’ve experienced FGM, about 50 percent live in the Ile-de-France region which comprises Paris as well as the migrant dense suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.

Last year, the Group for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation (GAMS) claimed in a report that nearly 30 percent of the children living in Paris’s suburbs may be at risk of FGM.

Sociologist and director of GAMs Isabelle Gillette-Faye has stated, “In general, they undergo mutilations of type 2, that is to say, the removal of the clitoris and labia minora.”

Gillette-Faye continued, saying, “We will be relieved when we have left circumcision two to three generations behind us. Families living in France are often resistant, as social and traditional pressures are very strong, and it is often the family remaining in the [original]country that decides.”

The report also mentions that France is likely to be the second-highest country in Europe in terms of FGM cases, …behind only Britain.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/07/report-france-sees-a-sharp-increase-in-female-genital-mutilation-cases/

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Notables/News

Hyten Poised For Confirmation Despite Democrat Backed Sexual Assault Claims.

His accuser, who took a front-row seat at his confirmation hearing, of course says the Air Force four-star is lying to Congress.

A four-star U.S. Air Force general appears poised to be confirmed as the No. 2 uniformed officer in the U.S. military, despite what Democratic lawmakers have described as “credible” allegations of sexual assault made by a junior officer.

Gen. John Hyten, who currently leads U.S. Strategic Command, categorically denied the accusations on Tuesday during his confirmation hearing to become vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“Nothing happened, ever,” Hyten said.

Lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee, who have spent three weeks digging into the allegations of multiple instances of sexual misconduct, told Hyten that they had been unable to substantiate the junior officer’s claims. Several Republican lawmakers explicitly declared the accusation against Hyten to be false.

Hyten’s accuser, Army Col. Kathy Spletstoser, sat in the first row throughout his confirmation hearing. She stared straight ahead, her face impassive. Only as former Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson introduced the general did she appear to react, working her jaw silently as Wilson declared, “I believe the Senate will come to the same conclusion I did. Gen. Hyten was falsely accused and this matter should be set aside as you consider his nomination.”

Speaking to reporters after the hearing, a visibly emotional Spletstoser said that Hyten had lied to lawmakers. “You just had a four-star general get up in front of the American people and in open testimony and make false official statements under oath. The bottom line is, he lied about sexually assaulting me.”

The roughly two-hour hearing raised controversial and painful questions about how the military handles allegations of sexual assault, which anonymous survey data suggested hit a four-year peak of 20,500 servicemembers in 2018.

Remarkably, even Democratic lawmakers declined to explicitly praise or credit Spletstoser’s story from the dais on Tuesday. Her most natural likely defenders on the committee, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., are both running for president in 2020 and are in Detroit this week for a primary debate.

Hyten’s most important defender on Tuesday was also a woman. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona—closely watched as an Air Force veteran who was raped by a superior officer while she was a cadet at the Air Force Academy—said in a statement from the dais that Hyten was innocent. “This wasn’t just a jump ball. Not a he-said, she-said,” McSally said. “Not a situation where we just couldn’t prove what allegedly happened…The full truth was revealed in this process.”

https://www.defenseone.com/politics/2019/07/hyten-poised-confirmation-despite-sexual-assault-claims/158806/?oref=d-channelriver

News/Space

CRS-18 FALCON AND DRAGON BRAVE STORMS TO BEGIN 18TH ISS FLIGHT.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Expedition 60 crew on board the International Space Station can expect to get some fresh supplies, needed hardware and – slime – in the next few days. This odd payload mix was sent on its way thanks to two venerable pieces of space hardware which were brought to bear by the NewSpace titan – SpaceX.

On Thursday July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. EDT (22:01 UTC) CRS-18 lifted off from Space Launch Complex- 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, despite ominous threats of weather that could have scrubbed the launch. The liftoff marked the company’s eighteenth flight to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service.

The flight was originally scheduled for a NET date of July 21. However, for reasons unknown, the flight was delayed by a day to July 22. Following the announcement of the delay, SpaceX completed a successful static fire test of the Falcon 9’s nine Merlin engines on Friday, July 19. It was then announced that the launch would occur no earlier than Wednesday, July 24, however, the lingering remnants of Tropical Depression 3 created a weather violation approximately thirty seconds before Falcon 9 was scheduled to take flight.

When the day finally came for a successful attempt by the Hawthorn-based company, the weather forecasts called for a 50% chance of conditions favoring a successful launch attempt. However, despite the ominous outlook, Thursday’s launch proceeded like clockwork.

At T-minus 38 minutes, the launch director gave the go for propellant load, followed by the subsequent loading of liquid oxygen and kerosene to the first stage approximately three minutes later. At 16 minutes to launch, the vehicle’s second stage was loaded with liquid oxygen. The vehicle transitioned to its own power at t-minus 7 minutes and 58 seconds to launch, followed by the vehicle’s pre-launch engine chill just about a minute later. At 60 seconds, the Launch Director gave the final go for launch. The nine first-stage Merlin engines roared to life at three seconds to launch. At T-zero, Falcon 9 spread its wings, clearing the launch tower carrying over 5,500 lbs of research and supplies to the international outpost.

https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/crs-18-falcon-and-dragon-brave-storms-to-begin-18th-iss-flight/

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Betsy Ebeling, Hillary Clinton's Best Friend, Dies

Ebeling, who met Hillary when their pair were growing up in Park Ridge, a suburb northwest of Chicago, died Sunday after a long battle with breast cancer

Betsy Ebeling, known to many as a human rights advocate and Hillary Clinton’s best friend, died over the weekend, according to multiple people close to her.

As first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebeling, who met Hillary when their pair were growing up in Park Ridge, a suburb northwest of Chicago, died Sunday after a long battle with breast cancer.

“I knew that her cancer had come back but thought we would all have more time with her,” a friend told NBC 5 Monday.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he was "heartbroken" over the loss of his friend.

"Betsy Ebeling dedicated her career to advancing human rights here in Illinois and fighting for a better future for people across our nation," he tweeted Monday. "Like her many friends, I loved Betsy for her kindness, sense of humor and her genuineness."

Ebeling has been friends with Clinton since they were young grammar school friends, with Clinton even attending Ebeling’s daughter’s wedding.

Ebeling joined Hillary through many pivotal moments in her political journey.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Betsy-Ebeling-Hillary-Clintons-Best-Friend-Dies-513355201.html

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