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Senegal Curbs Female Circumcision

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posted on Oct, 17 2011 @ 01:28 PM
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The movement to end genital cutting is spreading in Senegal at a quickening pace through the very ties of family and ethnicity that used to entrench it. And a practice once seen as an immutable part of a girl’s life in many ethnic groups and African nations is ebbing, though rarely at the pace or with the organized drive found in Senegal. The change is happening without the billions of dollars that have poured into other global health priorities throughout the developing world in recent years. Even after campaigning against genital cutting for years, the United Nations has raised less than half the $44 million it set as the goal.


Very glad to see things like this. Female circumcision is a disgraceful and disgusting practice. The movement started in 1997 and has since gained quite a bit of steam. Young people are being encouraged to forgo the practice, and village by village people are coming around. An interesting move by the women involved is to not denounce the practice as barbaric (
) and that seems to actually be helping the cause too. I hope this spreads like wildfire.

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posted on Oct, 17 2011 @ 07:27 PM
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Don't know what happened to that link.

Let me try again...

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well crap
edit on 17-10-2011 by Domo1 because: (no reason given)



 
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