HARMFUL TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PRACTICES IN NIGERIA Tolulope Monisola OLA (PhD) Department of Sociology‚ Faculty of the Social Sciences‚ Ekiti State University‚ Ado-Ekiti‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria. Cell phone: +234 8139389466 E-mail: tolulopeola2003@yahoo.co.uk Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Main Contents 4. Meaning of Harmful Traditional and Cultural Practices in Nigeria 5. Different Types of Harmful Traditional and Cultural Practices in Nigeria 6. Consequences
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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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NUR 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
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many similarities in intersex surgeries and female genital cutting. Furthermore‚ the authors implied that the intersex surgeries are medically unnecessary‚ but needed to be acceptable into “societal expectation by prevent psychological trauma‚ embarrassment‚ and emotional discomfort” from both patient and their parents (Ehrenreich‚ 2005‚ p.13). On the other hands‚ anti-FGC activists‚ and Western feminism has attacked the “African genital cutting as primitive‚ irrational‚ harmful‚ and deserving of condemnation
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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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Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation 1 AcknowledGeMents We would like to thank the Royal College of Nursing‚ Leeds Teaching Hospital‚ London Safeguarding Children Board‚ Metropolitan Police Service and the Forced Marriage Unit from whose materials much of these guidelines were adapted. Details of these and other materials available can be found in Appendix E. We would also like to thank members of the
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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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Politicization of the Ban of Female Circumcision and the Rise of the Independent School Movement in Kenya. The KCA‚ the Missions and Government‚ 1929-1932”. Journal of African Studies 33(2):137-158‚ 1998. [29] Birch/Abril‚ Nicholas. "An End to Female Genital Cutting?"‚ Time Magazine‚ 2008-01-04. Retrieved on 2008-01-08. [30] Vento‚ Mary (1998-03-07). "One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins‚ Popularity and Demise". Retrieved 2008-01-08.
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Peck 1 Deserae Peck Paola Brown ENG 102 3 March 2008 Female circumcision is also known‚ more accurately‚ as female genital mutilation and female genital cutting (FGC.) There are three forms of FGC. The first is a clitoridectomy‚ the cutting and/or removal of the hood of the clitoris and all or part of the clitoris. The second is an excision which removes the clitoris‚ the hood‚ and the labia minor (the inner folds of the vulva that is responsible for producing lubrication.) The infibulation is the
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Men and women are born to live alongside one and another and they are obliged to collaborate in order for a particular society to achieve prosperity and long-term unity. In ancient time‚ men held most of the higher positions‚ and thus‚ women had to endure living under harsh unjust social discrimination. In present days‚ due to massive demonstration and revolution‚ women have gained most of their rights back. As a result‚ bizarre cultural practices like foot-binding have been banned. Sadly‚ female
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