The book opens with a description of female circumcision/female genital mutilation, its history and its consequences for health. The authors look at the reasons used to justify it--control of women’s sexuality, tradition, interpretation of religious dictates--and present a history of the movement working to combat it.
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Anika Rahman is Director of the "CRLP" in New York.
Nahid Toubia is Associate Professor at Columbia University.
Nahid Toubia is Associate Professor at Columbia University.
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This book is edited by Nahia Toubia, who is a medical doctor born in Sudan who has written extensively on female circumcision or FGM.This is an atlas of the laws and practices in the 28 countries of Africa that actively engage in FGM as a tradition, and worldwide, where the laws vary from permissive to banned. It also has a history and guide to the cultural development of the practice as well as medical information.
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I used Female Genital Mutilation... as a source in the composition of my graduate project. I found it to be a valuable resource in the search for domestic and international female circumcision eradication policy. It provides insight into the approaches being utilized by governments to cease this controversial practice.
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general criminal law provisions, traditional practices affecting, men before the law, female genital cutting, harmful traditional practices, harmful customs, registered midwife, child protection laws, penal code provisions, most commonly practiced, person any right, female genital mutilation, international human rights treaties, international human rights law, human rights principles, grievous harm, highest attainable standard Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Children's Rights Convention, United Nations, Banjul Charter, New Zealand, International Treaties Women's Convention, New York, Dobbs Ferry, European Convention, Oceana Publications, Burkina Faso, African Charter, United States, Bureau of Democracy, Department of State, American Convention, Central African Republic, World Health Organization, Fourth World Conference, Inter-African Committee, Programme of Action, United Kingdom, Ministry of Health, Provisions Article, Education Programme, Sierra Leone New!
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- Trends in International Migration: Annual Report 1998 by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on page 95, and Back Matter
- The Dutch Penal Code (American Series of Foreign Penal Codes) by Stafford Wadsworth on page 189
- The German Penal Code: As Amended As of December 19, 2001 (American Series of Foreign Penal Codes) by Stephen Thaman on page 162
- Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation : The Practice and Its Prevention (Minority Rights Publications) by Efua Dorkenoo in Front Matter
- The Right to Health by World Health Organization on page 41
- Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community by Elizabeth Heger Boyle on page 184
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