Essays Tagged: "FGM"

FGM, Female Genital Mutilation

lieves on right and wrong is correct, except their own. That is what comes up in conversation about FGM. Personally, I am not pro-FGM when it comes to its practice. However, I believe people who want ... ho want to practice it, should be allowed to, without a bunch of 'activists against the practice of FGM' telling them to stop, or even 'informing' them about the potential health risks. The reason I a ...

(2 pages) 105 2 4.1 Apr/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Male Dominance and Female Subjugation?

testimony out of millions of women who have endured what is now known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Female circumcision has been practiced for centuries from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Coast. I ... n a ritualized form of child abuse and violence against women, a violation of human rights.The term FGM covers three main varieties of genital mutilation. "Sunna" circumcision is the removal of the pr ...

(9 pages) 157 1 2.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

The physical, sexual, and psycholgical effects of Female Gential Mutation.

Women that undergo female genital mutation (FGM) can have many effects on their lives such as physical, sexuality, and psychological. Physical e ... hich can result from clitoridectomy and excision. Some serious long-term effects that are caused by FGM would include chronic urinary tract infections, sexual frigidity, genital malformation, delayed ... ds (raised, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scars) and dermoid cysts.Women who have had FGM and having their first sexual intercourse will have to go through gradual and painful dilation o ...

(2 pages) 67 1 3.9 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Social Injustice: Female Genital Mutilation.

have found an aspect that affects me somewhat indirectly. This aspect is female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision (FC) or female genital cutting (FGC).Why is female genital m ... rations in 1946. This happened because in Sudan, The Ministry of Health launched a campaign against FGM in 1946 and succeeded in getting a law passed prohibiting Infibulation but allowing Sunna. The l ...

(6 pages) 127 1 4.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Power Of Perspective.

I consider that to be a practice that should be interfered with. The female genital mutilation, or FGM, practiced in many countries worldwide should be dealt with for many reasons. First of all, the ... in many countries worldwide should be dealt with for many reasons. First of all, the people perform FGM on females when they are only 3 years old so it is, in a way, forced upon the subject without an ...

(9 pages) 66 0 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Critique of Female Circumcision.

cannot be infringed upon.Female circumcision, sometimes referred to as female genital mutilation or FGM, is a procedure preformed on girls usually before the age of ten. The ceremony is an elaborate r ...

(3 pages) 150 3 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Female genital mutilation. dangerous and excruciating procedure practiced by varied cultures, which poses both physical and psychological dangers on its victims.

d are left with multiple and severe physical and psychological health consequences as a result (www.fgm.org).Originating in Africa (www.religioustolerance.org), evidence of female genital mutilation c ... ale genital mutilation can be found on Egyptian mummies dating back several thousands of years (www.fgm.org). It is still practiced extensively in Africa, and next in some countries in the Middle East ...

(6 pages) 76 1 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Female Genital Mutilation

ime from acute vaginal infections." (Hannah Koroma, Sierra Leone)Miller 2Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the term used for removal of all or just part of the female genitalia. The age the procedure ... n tumors of the nerve.Miller 3Custom and tradition are by far the most frequently cited reasons for FGM. Along with other physical or behavioral characteristics, FGM defines who is in the group. " Man ...

(4 pages) 82 3 4.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Female genital mutilation is not wrong!!

ice is not Morally WrongAlmost everyone who has heard of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is without some form of opinion of the custom, which affects 100 million women in 26 African co ... n is believed to have started in Egypt 2,000 years ago and spread from there. Only a few years ago, FGM was considered a cultural tradition, but now the United Nations has labeled it as a violation of ...

(3 pages) 89 3 3.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Female Genital Mutilation as Violation of Human Rights

have found an aspect that affects me somewhat indirectly. This aspect is female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision (FC) or female genital cutting (FGC).Why is female genital m ... rations in 1946. This happened because in Sudan, The Ministry of Health launched a campaign against FGM in 1946 and succeeded in getting a law passed prohibiting Infibulation but allowing Sunna. The l ...

(12 pages) 90 0 4.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Female Genital Mutilation: Why Legislation is not Enough.

ting the procedure will in itself be insufficient in eradicating the process. To effectively combat FGM it is important to understand the underlying gender assumptions and cultural representations tha ... ccessful.I begin by exploring what Female Genital mutilation actually is by looking at the types of FGM which occur and the terminology used to most appropriately describe it. I go on to interrogate t ...

(17 pages) 90 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Gender Discrimination in the Underdeveloped World.

cause if half of the society suffers so will the whole. Practices such as female gender mutilation (FGM) which is customary in some cultures in North Africa, affect nearly 2 million girls a year. This ... their society, they are not willing to give up their traditions, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) which is considered brutal in western cultures. There are various types of female genital mutil ...

(10 pages) 157 1 4.7 Nov/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The concerns of continuing female genital mutilation practices.

The article, "In Africa, FGM Checks into Hospitals," journalist Fredrick Nwzili writes about the concerns of continuing femal ... s are taking their daughter to the modern doctors,' says Efua Dorkenoo, a Ghanaian activist against FGM" (Nwzili). The families trust the doctors to be sanitary in this procedure, more so than in rura ...

(2 pages) 39 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Alma Ata declaration of 1978

s of women and female children are subjected to the inhumane practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and face the traditional inequality practices of Sub-Sahar ... urces. The support of the global community is needed to sustain the fight against such practices as FGM, exposure to HIV/AIDS virus and preventing preventable diseases.Firstly, the women of the Sub-Sa ...

(5 pages) 38 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Female Genital Mutilation

es is known variously as female circumcision, female genital surgery, or female genital mutilation (FGM). The custom involves removal of some or all of a woman's external genitalia. The practice has e ... sting statutes can be utilized. The counterargument is that new laws serve to clarify the status of FGM by making it clear that neither custom nor consent can serve as defenses to the cutting. Sponsor ...

(5 pages) 70 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Vulnerable Population

coming pregnant before marriage (Heitman, 2000).It is illegal to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) in many countries, including the United States. Due to the illegalization of FGM, the procedure ... ally caused by the impediment of normal urine and menstrual blood drainage are also associated with FGM. Bladder and urethra complications can arise from the damage induced during the mutilation. A da ...

(8 pages) 39 0 5.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Informal Institutions

with the excision of the labia minora. This female genital mutilation, which will be referred to as FGM, results in immense pain and severe, potentially fatal, health risks for the adolescents. The yo ... nstilled in the African society has created a situation where a portion of the women may not prefer FGM conducted, but value being married and accepted higher then to stay single and rejected. Therefo ...

(5 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2013

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues