Female Mutilation Memo

The purpose of this memo is to advise the class of the need to address Female gentile mutilation (FGM). People are aware of “FGM” being practiced various parts of the world, as it tends to be a vicious ritual against women. This practice furthermore does not need to take place, since it possesses health risks for women. Another reason why it is a global issue as the practice has been made illegal around the globe. In order to develop an enhanced understanding around FGM, it is essential to recognize its elements, focus on the procedures in place to prevent it, and share the reasons why this act against women is still being practiced.

Female gentile mutilation (FGM) is a procedure encompassing fractional or full removal of the female outside
The process of involvement and discussion during the assessment, drafting, implementing and monitoring of legislation has various benefits. The results in legislation on FGM should be more like that is further in sync with the realities of girls and women all around the world. An increasing number of countries have adopted specific legislation on FGM, modified or added legislative provisions to address FGM or has used general penal legislation applicable to FGM. Legislation on FGM has tended to be brief and in utmost circumstances, it does not address the difficulty of the prevention of this practice through involving any measures. Very few laws furthermore have included preventive measures of FGM that protect girls and women from going through this process. Though, specific International and regional human rights treaties have been drafted to protect young women and children from this barbaric ritual. The international treaties to condemn this act and safe women can be found in the resolutions passed by the United Nations under various conventions. The ultimate purpose of those conventions was to ensure women’s rights are being protected. FGM causes furthermore physical and mental damage, at times resulting in death. This means it hinders with a woman’s right to physical integrity, privacy, and freedom from violence. That is why the
Another significant treaty is the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It protects women directly from FGM all around the world. In the convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 1979, Article 1, explains discrimination against women largely as, “any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field” (UN Women, http://www.endvawnow.org/en/articles/645-sources-of-international-human-rights-law-on-female-genital-mutilation.html). In the 1999 convention, it was specifically recommended that governments create health policies that take into consideration the needs of girls and adolescents who may be vulnerable to FGM. The victims of FGM are predominantly adolescents under the age of 18. In 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 1989, however, placed the responsibility for protecting the rights of a child on the respective government although recognized the role of parents and family in making decisions for children. In 1997, additionally, the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of