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100			_aShiner, Cindy,
245		0	_aMother Faces Practice That Leaves Women Physically, Mentally Scarred. _cCindy Shiner.
260			_bVOANews.com, _c2005.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006. _nArticle 52, _pHuman Relations, _x1522-3248;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500			_aOriginally Published: Mother Faces Practice That Leaves Women Physically, Mentally Scarred, Feb. 15, 2005; pp. n.p..
520			_a"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.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aArranged marriage
650			_aFemale circumcision
650			_aHuman rights _zAfrica
650			_aRites and ceremonies
650			_aWomen _zAfrica
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006, _pHuman Relations. _x1522-3248;
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