Female Genital Mutilation An eighty six year old woman‚ Faduma Ali‚ still remembers the pain of being circumcised at the age of eight. Horrendous as it was‚ she still allowed her own daughter to undergo the same tribulation. But when it came to her granddaughters‚ she decided to step in and try to stop it. But this is not the same fate shared by the majority of women in West Africa‚ especially in the country of Sierra Leone. For 22 year old Isutu Ahmadu‚ The time did not come for Isutu Ahmadu
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your family holding you down. The blade creeping between your legs‚ you scream but no one cares. You beg your family‚ your mother‚ your father to help but then it happens. Now open your eyes. In Somalia alone‚ 98 percent of women experience Female Genital Mutilation at one stage in their lives. FGM is the destruction of women and girls sexual organs for non-medicinal reasons. This act is practice globally in 29 countries and due to immigration‚ FGM has spread to western countries such as Australia. This
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Female Genital Mutilation in Cultures The traditional and cultural practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is slowly and increasingly becoming a controversial debate around the world. This dispute involves the violation of the human rights of girls and women as well as deals with its cultural norms and the severe health complications it oftentimes causes. The author‚ Martha Nussbaum‚ from the book‚ Sex & Social Justice‚ argues and criticizes against the tradition of female “circumcision”‚ in
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“The Truth about Female Genital Mutilation” Since the beginning of time‚ men have been the more dominating sex. Women have always had to serve and be inferior to men. FGM is performed all over the world. It mostly takes place in West Africa‚ Syria‚ Egypt‚ Turkey‚ and Iran. FGM is even performed in countries where it is illegal; such as the United States‚ Canada and Europe. Women should be allowed to be educated‚ work‚ and in charge of her body
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Female Genital Mutilation By: Kasey Jordana Female genital mutilation is cutting of the female genitals and it was considered a right of passage in Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East. It’s a reflection of inequality between sexes and it is discrimination against women. Most of the time it is done on minors from age infancy to 15 and it is considered violation of rights of children. The procedure violates a persons rights to health because it can hurt you physically or it can even lead
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My intended audience is my allies who agree that Female Genital Mutilation is an inhumane practice and it should be eradicated. FGM: An Inhumane Practice "The child‚ completely naked‚ is made to sit on a low stool. Several women take hold of her and open her legs wide. After separating her outer and inner labia‚ the operator‚ usually a woman experienced in this procedure‚ sits down facing the child. With her kitchen knife‚ the operator first pierces‚ and slices open the hood of the clitoris
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scraped and burnt away. Female genital mutilation also known as female circumcision is the focus of my speech today. By the time I finish speaking‚ you will agree that this has got to stop! Today I will explain what FGM is; what are the effects of the procedure and why it is still being performed today. So going back.... What is female Genital Mutilation? FGM is a procedure of partial or total removal of the external female genitalia and/or injury to the female genital organs. There are
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Female Circumcision & Women’s Rights Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves the removal of the external female genitalia for cultural or non- medical reasons. Female circumcision is common in Sub- Saharan Africa and the Arab States where more than 125 million girls and women today have been forced to undergo female circumcision ( WHO‚2014). Female circumcision is performed mostly on young girls between the ages of infancy and 15. Female genital mutilation is practiced in
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interests you? Being a humanitarian worker at heart‚ I uphold the values of the UN Charter‚ and my motivation is to create an environment for individuals where international human rights are applied across the board. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is done for solely non-medical purposes and is in clear violation of human rights. I see this an opportunity to work with grass root communities to bring practical and achieve tangible results to save girls from this practice. OR Being a humanitarian worker
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND ITS ETHICAL ISSUES A Research Paper Presented to Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges General Santos City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For Philo 3 Vinna P. Boholst Glicen Lou L. Monton Patrick L. Villas March 2012 Table of Contents PAGE TITLE PAGE i CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the Problem 2 Scope and Limitation of the Study 3 Definition of Terms 3 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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