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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Motivation: What about this opportunity 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
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providing health programs to overcome cultural tradition‚ such as Female Genital Mutilation. In recent times the number of FGM victims rose. Birmingham and Manchester have the highest relevance of FGM outside of London‚ The Guardian (2015). 1.2 This research project will focus on existing health programs to identify possible barriers‚ which determine that specific groups continue FGM. It will be explored how well are professionals informed about FGM‚ how effective the current health programs are and what
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Female Genital Mutilation’s ritual should not do this practice because women suffer many injustices in the community. A lot of discrimination when girls do not want to have a circumcision. For instance‚ Eltahawy‚ Mona. "Fighting Female Genital Mutilation." stated‚ “This cutting is believed to reduce a girl’s sex drive. And families believe their daughters are unmarriageable unless they are cut.” This quote signifies that girls must be circumcision to get married. Moreover‚ numerous families are suffering
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Female Genital Mutilation also known as female circumcision is the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia‚ or other harm caused to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-medical reasons. FGM began in Africa many years ago and still has effect on many women today. There are four different types of female circumcision. The most common is type 1. Type 1 is called clitoridectomy‚ which is the removal of part or the entire clitoris. Clitoridectomy is widely spread throughout
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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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Female Genital Mutilation The History‚ The Laws‚ The Opposition‚ and the Future 10/23/2013 Jyl Female Genital Mutilation: The History‚ The Laws‚ The Opposition‚ and the Future Female genital mutilation includes “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). The World Health Organization states that 140‚000‚000 girls and women worldwide are currently living
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471University of PhoenixFemale genital mutilation‚ also referred to as female circumcision‚ has become a controversial issue within the medical‚ legal and women and childrens activists rights groups within the last few years. Exodus of refugees from African countries in which female genital mutilation is currently practiced to the West has created vulnerable populations within the United States in regards to the health concerns that surround female genital mutilation. Using Orems nursing model as
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Female genital mutilation‚ also known as female circumcision‚ happens to infants‚ young girls and adolescents‚ the entire or part of the clitoris has been removed due to tradition. Female genital mutilation is a tradition that is still practiced and many cultures still continue this outdated practiced. This also violates young girls and women human rights. Female genital mutilation can be prevented by raising awareness about the issue‚ increasing education to women and men about the health risk‚
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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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