Scarred by Tradition, Women Start to Abandon Centuries-Old Practice.... Alexandra Zavis.
by Zavis, Alexandra; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 42Human Relations. Publisher: Examiner-Enterprise, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Female circumcision | Rites and ceremonies | Senegal -- Social life and customs | Women -- AfricaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Siraboye Diallo begged her parents to allow her to be circumcised....Years later, the reality of the ordeal--referred to by some as 'sitting on the knife'--changed her mind completely. Now, Diallo is among a growing number of people across Senegal, including religious leaders, tribal chiefs and even some circumcisers, who are helping to persuade hundreds of villages to stop ritually cutting...their girls." (EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE) This article discusses efforts to end the practice of female genital mutilation, "a custom in much of Africa, where girls may be seen as unclean, unchaste and undeserving of marriage if they do not undergo the rite."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Scarred by Tradition, Women Start to Abandon Centuries-Old Practice..., March 3, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Siraboye Diallo begged her parents to allow her to be circumcised....Years later, the reality of the ordeal--referred to by some as 'sitting on the knife'--changed her mind completely. Now, Diallo is among a growing number of people across Senegal, including religious leaders, tribal chiefs and even some circumcisers, who are helping to persuade hundreds of villages to stop ritually cutting...their girls." (EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE) This article discusses efforts to end the practice of female genital mutilation, "a custom in much of Africa, where girls may be seen as unclean, unchaste and undeserving of marriage if they do not undergo the rite."
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