The evolution of civil society and the rule of law regarding female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan
Abstract
This document presents a study on evolution of civil society and the rule of law regarding female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan. This research evaluates the development of the rule of law, and its effectiveness, regarding female genital mutilation (FGM) as a case study in Iraqi Kurdistan from the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988 until 2013, the early years of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s parliament. Comprehensive rule of law evolution can be measured through comparing domestic legal developments through state-centric policy and enforcement, or lack thereof, with cultural internalization and non-governmental engagements. By studying the legal and cultural realms’ interaction with the anti-FGM discourse over Iraqi Kurdistan’s past two decades, this research will determine the role of a continuous society overlaid by intermittent legal structures in the sustainability of negotiating cultural relativity with universal human rights.
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CAWTAR
| 2017-12-22 12:15:07
Document Type
Studies
Source
GLOCALISM: JOURNAL OF CULTURE, POLITICS AND INNOVATION
Keywords :
Female genital mutilation// Sexual violence //Gender based violence// Human Rights // Women's Rights // Civil society// feminism//Social movements// Universalism//Cultural relativisme