Richmond Professor to produce new documentary about female genital mutilation

08/02/2011

John Chua, an associate professor of communications at Richmond, the American International University in London, is set to be the producer and artistic editor for a new feature length documentary about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iraq.  Wadi, a German-Iraqi NGO, announced the funding of the film on Feb 6.  The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is a UN-sponsored awareness day that takes places every year on Feb. 6.  The funding of the film comes from Hivos, a Dutch NGO which receives financial support from the government and people of the Netherlands. 

News about this film as well as a clip are available here.

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