Zavis, Alexandra, <br/><br/>
Scarred by Tradition, Women Start to Abandon Centuries-Old Practice.... 
Alexandra Zavis. 
 -  Examiner-Enterprise,  2003. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Article 42,  Human Relations,  1522-3248; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Originally Published: Scarred by Tradition, Women Start to Abandon Centuries-Old Practice..., March 3, 2003; pp. n.p.. 
<br/><br/> "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." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3248; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Female circumcision<br/>Rites and ceremonies<br/>Women--Africa
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Senegal--Social life and customs
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050