Mother Faces Practice That Leaves Women Physically, Mentally Scarred. Cindy Shiner.
by Shiner, Cindy; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 52Human Relations. Publisher: VOANews.com, 2005ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Arranged marriage | Female circumcision | Human rights -- Africa | Rites and ceremonies | Women -- AfricaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Thousands of Africans seek asylum in the United States every year. Some have suffered political or religious persecution. Others have struggled against a more insidious enemy--their own culture. They are the women who have faced banishment, beatings and sometimes death for refusing to accept a forced marriage or the ritual practice of female genital excision, also known as circumcision or female genital mutilation." (VOANEWS.COM) This article profiles how one woman, after her own traumatic experience, tried to put an end to the practice of female genital mutilation, which still takes place in many African countries.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Mother Faces Practice That Leaves Women Physically, Mentally Scarred, Feb. 15, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Thousands of Africans seek asylum in the United States every year. Some have suffered political or religious persecution. Others have struggled against a more insidious enemy--their own culture. They are the women who have faced banishment, beatings and sometimes death for refusing to accept a forced marriage or the ritual practice of female genital excision, also known as circumcision or female genital mutilation." (VOANEWS.COM) This article profiles how one woman, after her own traumatic experience, tried to put an end to the practice of female genital mutilation, which still takes place in many African countries.
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