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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation
I read this article that the evoke site has provided in the womanswatch feed link they provided with a bunch of other links. This story really stood out for me.
A woman is standing up for what she thinks is right despite ridicule and harsh opinions she is getting from her community. She used to practice female mutilation in thinking it was for the practice for her Islamic religion. Its like a female circ**cision.
"In the Afar region of Ethiopia, women have traditionally been subjected to the most severe form of the practice, infibulation, usually between the ages of seven to nine. In some districts it is carried out within the first few days after birth.
Infibulation involves the entire removal of the clitoris, the labia minora and labia majora, followed by sealing of the wound, which leaves only a small h*** for the passage of urine and menses. Figures show that 63.2 per cent of women in the Afar region have undergone infibulation (some people are now practicing a less extreme form). The practice leaves the girls with severe pain and trauma, shock, haemorrhage, sepsis, urine retention, ulceration of the genital region, and urinary infection, among other complications. Obstruction and tearing during sexual intercourse or childbirth is common."
She now stops due to the seriousness that it is very bad for woman to get such treatment and can affect their bodies negatively, along with the main reason it doesn't support her religion. Here's the link to read more about her fight to stop this: http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/5141;jsessionid=...
Another article that I read, is about a 17 year old girl who fled from home to avoid being cut. The article can be located here: http://unhcr-cyprus.blogspot.com/2010/04/do-they-hear-you-when-you-...
This is a story of struggle and sadness; after escaping Africa she made her way to the United States only to find more trouble. She was in prison for 18 months and during her time she got very sick. She was stripped and put in chains and was treated so horribly in jail. She was even put in cells with very violent inmates. Eventually she had the help of a cousin in the United States and very well learned law student and they were able to grant her freedom. her Asylum.
put in solitary confinement for over two weeks after being misdiagnosed with tuberculosis, and housed in a maximum-security prison with violent criminals with her health deteriorating dangerously.
"With the help of a cousin living in the US and a dedicated law student named
Layli Miller Bashir, Kassindja obtained legal representation and
prevented her eventual deportation. Bashir along with high profile FGM
activists initiated a huge legal battle to free Kassindja and grant her
asylum. On June 13, 1996, Kassindja and her legal team won a
landmark case that created the precedence for all seeking asylum in the
US on the grounds of gender-based persecution."
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