de commerce - Amiens How can Female Genital Mutilation be stopped? ISAM 3 - International Affairs 4 Bahar Alkilic This report contains information concerning the reasoning behind‚ evidence of and recommendations on Female Genital Mutilation. Table of content Table of content 2 Introduction 3 What is Female Genital Mutilation? 4 Clitoridectomy 4 Excision 4 Infibulation 5 Other 5 Where does Female Genital Mutilation happen? 6 Why does Female Genital Mutilation happen? 7 Cultural aspect
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another looms over you with a crude medical instrument and‚ if you’re one of the “lucky” ones‚ a syringe filled with local anesthetic used for the many girls that have undergone the same unnecessary procedure before you. The elder preforming the cutting is no medical professional. The only training she has is from the procedures she has performed on the other girls in your village. Your bloodcurdling screams rip through the town as they beam with pride that you’re following the cultural tradition
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Female Genital Mutilation in Somalia “They have robbed me. They took away my power and left me a cripple. My womanhood was stolen. If God had wanted those body parts missing‚ why did he create them?” - Waris Dirie Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organization as “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia‚ or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons” (WHO). FGM is both a health and human rights
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Review of Monique and the Mango Rains Monique and the Mango Rains is a memoir about a friendship that develops between Kris Holloway‚ and a midwife in the village of Nampossela‚ Mali. Kris Holloway served in the Peace Corps and was assigned for 2 years to be stationed in Mali. Kris was trained to “give health demonstrations‚ repair wells‚ build fuel-conserving stoves‚ plant trees‚ and protect the shoots from the ever hungry mouths of goats” (11). Kris meets and assists Monique Dembele in her struggle
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Possessing the Secret of Joy. It tells the story of an African female named Tashi‚ who is from Olinka‚ a place where females commonly practice genital mutilation. Throughout the novel‚ Tashi is torn between her Olinkan culture and her American culture. She has married an American; however‚ she chooses to honor her heritage and undergo the “female circumcision” as a teenager. The novel’s main conflict is centered upon how female genital mutilation physically and mentally degrades women. Alice Walker
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References: Freymeyer‚ R.‚ & Johnson‚ B. (2007). An exploration of attitudes toward female genital cutting in Nigeria. Population Research & Policy Review‚ 26(1)‚ 69-83. doi:10.1007/s11113-006-9016-3 Haines‚ D Mberu‚ B. (2007). Household structure and living conditions in Nigeria. Journal of Marriage & Family‚ 69(2)‚ 513-527. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737
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us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that‚ and how we can each do our part. In much of the world‚ the greatest unemployed economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Realistic‚ and inspirational‚ this book is essential reading for everyone. They tell of an attempt
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The horror procedure of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is real. It is a global issue. This is a cultural procedure that woman go through. When this procedure happens it is mostly done when they are children. This is a practice that has been done for decades in some cultures‚ in other cases millennia. In most cases a woman is the one doing the cutting. Even though this woman may have went through the same painful endurance of circumcision it still continues. A lot of people may ask how they do it
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Final Research Paper Hear our cries The negative effects of Genital Mutilation Ridwan Shardow Table of Contents The negative effects of Genital Mutilation 2 History of FGM 4 Introduction 8 Main body 12 Physical effects 12 Psychological effects 15 social
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women from actively engaging in politics and society when it comes to their bodies and choices. Amos Idowu’s article “Effects of forced genital cutting on human rights of women and female children: the Nigerian situation” (pages 111-122) from Law‚ Democracy & Development of Nigeria‚ Volume 12‚ Number 2‚ published in 2008‚ constructs various views of female genital mutilation (FGM). Primary and secondary sources are used to provide synopsis for those for the practice as well as those against it. Background
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