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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 ...
Specific national anti-FGM law which prohibits FGM. [1]: 22 Cross-border FGM also criminalised. [6]: 49 United Arab Emirates: No: As of March 2020. [1]: 33 Prohibited by the ministry of health in state hospitals and clinics. [41] United Kingdom: Specific anti-FGM law [1]: 26 1985 [8] Specific national anti-FGM law which prohibits FGM.
In Kenya, women are protected from discrimination by the law. These laws include the (2010), for instance, the constitutional provisions found in The Constitution of the Republic of Kenya as well as The Employment Act No 11 of 2007 enacted in (2007). [35] One such law is The Sexual Offences Act No 3 of 2006, which criminalises sexual violence.
A British woman has been found guilty of handing over a three-year-old who was subjected to female genital mutilation in a legal first. Jurors were told Amina Noor, 39, took the toddler, who ...
The crime only came to light years later when the girl was aged 16 and confided in her English teacher at school.
Nice Nailantei Leng'ete (born 1991) is a Kenyan human rights activist, advocating for alternative rite of passage (ARP) for girls in Africa and campaigning to stop female genital mutilation (FGM). In her work with Amref Health Africa , Leng'ete has saved an estimated 17,000 girls from undergoing genital mutilation and for many, childhood marriages.
It was the first conviction of its kind under the FGM Act of 2003. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
The Restorers is a group of six Kenyan activists, Dorcas Owinoh, [1] Stacy Owino, Cynthia Otieno, Purity Achieng, Macrine Atieno and Ivy Akinyi. They are using technology to fight female genital mutilation (FGM).