Listening to the Real Agents of Change: Female circumcision/Cutting, Female Genital Mutilation and Human Right
Abstract
This document presents an article on Female circumcision/Cutting, Female Genital Mutilation and Human Right : Listening to the Real Agents of Change. Since the beginning of the international campaign against it, not only Female Genital Cutting (FGC) but also the way these practices should be challenged has been subject to considerable debate. This chapter contributes to this debate by arguing for the need to move beyond culturalist explanations of FGC as they overlook the sociological complexity of violence against women. This chapter discusses the findings of qualitative research which has interrogated the continuation of FGC in Scotland from a migration perspective. By tracing FGC-affected women’s trajectories of violence through their journeys from the Global South to the Global North, the findings illustrate the shared global failures in recognizing how FGC is rooted in and sanctioned by the systematic, intersectional discrimination of women.
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| 2024-07-09 11:43:30
Document Type
Studies
Keywords :
Female Genital Mutilation, Sexual Medicine, The Psychology of Human Sexuality, cosmetic genital surgery, female genital cutting, Sociocultural; Culture; Ethics; Cultural Sensitivity; Sexual Dysfunction; Religious Beliefs, Sexual Dysfunction, Distress, Clinical Sciences, Gender Studies, Human Rights, Women's Health, Egypt, Public Health, Gender and sexuality//Gender discrimination// Sexual and gender based violence//