The campaign to eliminate FGM is a delicate one: it does not work by condemning the practice since that will eventually alienate the women who have gone through the procedure. Rather, a successful approach is the one that embraces the entire community – chiefs, religious leaders, and the local government in a mutually respectful conversation focusing on health consequences of the procedure and emphasizing the human right issue of the tradition.
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Female Circumcision or Better, Female Genital Mutilation: It’s not That Sexy
Since the last time we posted a news article from Uganda about female circumcision, there have been 63 visitors to this website from search engines (google, yahoo, bing) searching for information on the practice. I therefore decided to tackle it in detail. What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? Female circumcision embraces a host of procedures… Continue reading Female Circumcision or Better, Female Genital Mutilation: It’s not That Sexy