How Will Ban Impact on Genital Mutilation?
Despite the recent UN-driven global ban on female genital cutting, the tool is only as good as its implementation, activists say.
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The new constitution has banned female genital mutilation or cutting, a move welcomed yet cautioned by activists who say that putting this law into action will require more than ... Read more »
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A campaign to educate women about the practice of female genital mutilation has helped to reduce the acceptance of excision among grandmothers, who often make circumcision ... Read more »
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Deputy Community Development, Gender and Children Minister Ummy Mwalimu is on a tour to several villages in an attempt to fight female genital mutilation in the country. Read more »
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WE "AFRICANS" MUST REALIZE THAT OUR TRADITIONS, CULTURES, NORMS, AND AFRICAN SOCIETIES, ETC ARE SECOND TO NONE AND MUST NOT BE DEHUMANIZE, BELITTLE AND DISGRACE BY THOSE WHOSE INTENTIONS IS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE AFRICA AND AFRICANS A LAUGHABLE PLACE IN THE WORLD. REMEMBER THIS AFRICA AND AFRICANS; WHEN HAVE THESE SAME PEOPLE EVER ACCEPTED OR TAKE ANY DICTATION FROM US "AFRICA AND AFRICANS"??? WHEN? THEY KEEP TELLING US WHAT TO DO, BUT IN RETURN, THEY REFUSE US "AFRICANS" TO PRACTICE OUR OWN CULTURES SUCH AS HAVING MORE THAN ONE WIFE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES?? TELL ME, IF WE "AFRICANS" KEEP ACCEPTING THE DOUBLE AND DESTRUCTIVE STANDARDS FROM THEM; IT IS US "AFRICANS" WHO ARE DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR BEAUTIFUL CONTINENT, AFRICA. IF THEIR CULTURES AND TRADITIONALS "EVEN IF IT IS DESTRUCTIVE, LIKE GAYDOM LIFESTYLE" ARE IN TACK, WHILE NOT AFRICANS OR AFRICA??? WHY NOT??
BESIDES IT'S A/AN AFRICAN CULTURAL TRADITIONAL,AND THUS, IT MUST BE CARRY OUT.