The Harvard Extension International Relations Club is dedicated to raising students' awareness on current issues in international relations and world diplomacy. It also provides a platform for organizing events that will enhance the experience of international students as well as all students interested in international relations at the Extension School. The HEIRC will also organize activities that celebrate the richness of different cultures.
http://people.dce.harvard.edu/~heirc/
Sini Sanuman (Healthy Tomorrow) is dedicated to stopping female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as excision, in Mali and world-wide.
We speak to individuals and groups in meetings that often end with singing anti-excision songs and dancing. The songs and music videos we produce to spread our message have been played widely in Mali and nine other countries in West Africa.
Our Pledge Against Excision, a promise never to have a girl excised, now has 30,000 signatures. 95% of those signing say that Mali should outlaw the practice. With our 45 partner groups, we are working toward such a law.
Six villages have collectively abandoned the practice of excision, celebrating their decisions with ceremonies that we helped them organize.
Over 100 former excisers have agreed to give up the practice. Many of them are helping spread the word.
www.stopexcision.net