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Because of that, the issue of circumcision should not be forced. People are caught like sheep; one should be allowed to cut her own way of either agreeing to be circumcised or not without being dictated on one's own body." [193] Elsewhere, support for the practice from women was strong.
It reported that 168,000 girls and women were at risk, with 48,000 under 18. [2] In 2004, the African Women's Health Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the PRC revamped these numbers with information from recent surveys and the 2000 U.S. census. [2] They reported 227,887 girls and women at risk in United States, with 62,519 under 18.
[34] [35] Circumcision involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device. Complications are rare. [36] [37] [38] Modern proponents say that circumcision reduces the risks of a range of infections and diseases and confers sexual benefits.
The percentage of women and girls who experience female genital mutilation is declining, UNICEF s UNICEF: 230 million females are circumcised globally, 30 million more than in 2016 Skip to main ...
African nationalist leader Jomo Kenyatta, photographed in 1966.Kenyatta was a prominent opponent of efforts to ban female genital mutilation. The campaign against female genital mutilation in colonial Kenya (1929–1932), also known as the female circumcision controversy, was a period within Kenyan historiography known for efforts by British missionaries, particularly from the Church of ...
Traditionally, it is cut with an iron sheet or a knife, then sutured back with needlework or a thorn. There is no anesthetic during the whole process, and the disinfection is not thorough. Gynecologist Dr Rosemary Mburu of Kenya estimates that as much as 15% of circumcised girls die of the excessive loss of blood or infection of the wound. [4] [5]
FGM supporters in Sierra Leone believe that females who do not receive the circumcision will have trouble conceiving, suffer psychological trauma, have bad luck, or be considered unworthy of marriage. Women who are pro-FGM state that it does not oppress female sexuality and instead it celebrates it through these ritual practices. [8]
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