Female Genital Mutilation
Author | : Center for Reproductive Law & Policy |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2000-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781856497732 |
1. Background and history
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Author | : Center for Reproductive Law & Policy |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2000-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781856497732 |
1. Background and history
Author | : Efua Dorkenoo |
Publisher | : Minority Rights Group |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1873194609 |
Only from such models is it fully possible to explore such issues as the rights of women and of children, of the part which the well-being of women plays in the health of a nation, and also the strengths and weaknesses of the various international campaigns on the subject.
Author | : Elizabeth Heger Boyle |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2005-09-09 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780801882630 |
The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produces a visceral response of horror and revulsion in Westerners, the practice is widely regarded in some cultures as essential for proper development into womanhood and is defended by women who have themselves experienced it and who have had the procedure performed on their own daughters. It is also perceived in many Islamic communities as religiously prescribed, although most Islamic clerics do not condone the practice. In this study, sociologist Elizabeth Boyle examines this controversial issue from the perspectives of the international system, governments, and individuals. Drawing on previous scholarship, records of international organizations, demographic surveys, and the popular media, Boyle examines how the issue is perceived and acted upon at international, national, and individual levels. Grounding her work in the sociological theory of neoinstitutionalism, Boyle describes how the choices made by governments and individual women are influenced by the often conflicting principles of individual human rights and sovereign autonomy. She concludes that while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change.
Author | : Hilary Burrage |
Publisher | : New Holland Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Female circumcision |
ISBN | : 9781742576077 |
This book comprises a collection of narratives by people whose lives have been touched by female genital mutilation (FMG), across five continents.
Author | : Ylva Hernlund |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2007-06-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0813541387 |
Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations.
Author | : Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0812201027 |
Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming-of-age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as barbaric. It is estimated that between 100 million and 130 million girls and women today have undergone forms of this genital surgery. Female Circumcision gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the United States, and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice. This work brings African women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and democratic modes of economic development. This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society. Instead, the contributors explore a chain of connecting issues and processes through which the practice is being transformed in local and transnational contexts. The authors document shifts in local views to highlight processes of change and chronicle the efforts of diverse communities as agents in the process of cultural and social transformation.
Author | : Efua Dorkenoo |
Publisher | : Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rosemarie Skaine |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2005-09-27 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
"This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. The book concludes with thoughts on the movement from tradition to cultural evolution."--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2018-07-09 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 3319780077 |
This book uses global household data to examine the prevalence, trends and geographic variation of female genital mutilation (FGM) around the world. It also addresses the underlying legal and policy aspects as well as explores the medical consequences, both immediate and long term, for those undergoing the practice. The book analyses the position of victims of this gender-based violence both from the medical and legal perspective and adopts a largely practical approach to the study of the practices, offering a fresh thinking into one of the challenges in global health and the law. In addition, it offers some insights into how health professionals can approach this category of victims and how legal practitioners can obtain a good legal result for their clients before domestic and international forums. The book addresses fundamental issues such as state liability and defences in enforcement proceedings for actions or omission of state or non-state actors, and due diligence standard in international human rights law, the main gateways available for obtaining relief for the victims of FGM. This book goes beyond the traditional debate between zero tolerance and those who wish to see the practice medicalised and tolerated and favours an advocacy programme standing firmly in favour of the right of FGM victims. This book offers a unique perspective likely to assist victims and their representatives to secure a remedy against perpetrators and the state. As such this book will be of interest to medical professionals, national and international lawyers, academics and policymakers in the field of public health.
Author | : Comfort Momoh |
Publisher | : Radcliffe Publishing |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Clitoridectomy |
ISBN | : 9781857756937 |
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is regarded as either a human rights violation or as female circumcision, a traditional cultural practice in some African and Islamic countries. A UK public health /FGM consultant who works with immigrants and advocates for its eradication introduces a dozen chapters examining religious, legal, ethical, and health aspects. For caseworkers, policy makers, and academics, the reader includes diagrams of types of FGM, data, a glossary, support advice and resources. Published by Radcliffe Medical Press, Ltd. Distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation :2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).