FGM a gender-based violence in Africa./ Female genital mutilation in Djibouti./ Mapping FGM: Building A Global Picture Of Female Circumcision.
Denis TUTU./M Martinelli and JE Ollé-Goig./Unknown.
January 2, 2017./December 2012./September 22, 2016
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These articles talk about FGM/C, or Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting, going on in Djibouti. Basically, this practice harms a female's genitalia and makes it difficult and painful to have intercourse, experience childbirth, and sometimes to just urinate. It is considered a cleaning process. Over 93% of females ages 15-49 in Djibouti have had this practice done, and over 98% of all females in Djibouti have suffered this treatment. In the present, it is mostly being performed on young girls, under the age of five, as the younger girls "heal more quickly and are less resistant."
I think that this is the most awful thing I have ever heard of. I am especially disgusted that over 1/3 of women in a survey said that they would or have submitted their daughters for this procedure. Also, this procedure has been banned in nearly 30 countries, but is still performed illegally.
These articles relates to the cultural ties of Djibouti because this practice is done to satisfy religious demand and good tradition. Also, it is usually a condition required for marriage and therefore dowry. However, Djibouti is not the only country in which this procedure is done: 29 countries in the northern region of Sub-Saharan Africa subscribe to this practice. Many females do this procedure willingly and most consider it to be an important step towards womanhood.
I think that this is the most awful thing I have ever heard of. I am especially disgusted that over 1/3 of women in a survey said that they would or have submitted their daughters for this procedure. Also, this procedure has been banned in nearly 30 countries, but is still performed illegally.
These articles relates to the cultural ties of Djibouti because this practice is done to satisfy religious demand and good tradition. Also, it is usually a condition required for marriage and therefore dowry. However, Djibouti is not the only country in which this procedure is done: 29 countries in the northern region of Sub-Saharan Africa subscribe to this practice. Many females do this procedure willingly and most consider it to be an important step towards womanhood.