Act that criminalises traditional FGC actually supports FGCS by stipulating its legality in the event that a woman’s distress is ‘caused by theperceptionof abnormality; actual abnormality or pathology is not required’ ([59]:74, original emphasis). The diagnosis of labial hypertrophy exemplifies ...
The order of discourse then became a hegemonic act of humanitarian reason, which indicates that the introduction and promotion of moral sentiments into human affairs become the essential element of contemporary local and global policies [84]. This posture, which is compassionate and repressive at ...
[30] on a different note, did not find significant association between marital status and support for or opposition of FGM/C and therefore concluded that being married did not act as a barrier to effective health education interventions. Residential status The residential status of intervention ...