Genital Mutation Is an Abuse of Human Rights

By

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Study1

Aim and Objectives2

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW3

Introduction3

Overview of Female Genital Mutilation3

Female Genital Mutilation and Human Rights4

CHAPTER 03: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY7

Introduction7

Overview of the Secondary Research7

REFERENCES8

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

In the world of today, most of the women experience various barriers in gaining rights including employment, land, food, social security and housing. These barriers also include obstacles such as the burden of disproportionate reproduction and the work of care providers offered by women, the division of labour based on gender and segregate practices of the employees etc. the social positions of the women, their marital status, membership or class in particular vulnerable groups, for example a migrant or a refugee women, urban or rural poor women are linked and sometimes used for promoting discrimination (Mohanty, 2003, p. 14).

Female genital mutilation, or “FGM”, has long been discussed within feminist discourses and activism, largely in terms of the need for harm reduction or eradication. Meanwhile, intersexuality has steadily been gaining the attention of Western feminists within the last decade and is beginning to be understood not just as a medical condition, but as part of a larger system of socialized gender and sex norms that have negative consequences and effects for those involved in the medical interventions that the treatment of intersexuality in infants entails. Still, intersexuality receives piecemeal attention from feminists in comparison to “FGM”, which is alarming given the areas in which these practices overlap physically and culturally, and the contradictions inherent in insisting upon regarding them so differently based solely on the global and social locations of these practices (Hernlund and Bettina, 2007, p. 15).

Aim and Objectives

The aim of this research study is to explore if the statement 'Female Genital Mutilation is an Abuse of Human Rights'. This research study will meet the below mentioned objectives of this research.

To explore the concept of Female Genital Mutilation.

To assess the whether Female Genital Mutilation is a violation of human rights.

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction

This chapter of the dissertation provides the relevant literature on the topic female genital mutilation. The literature has been extracted from the electronic libraries, books, journals and articles.

Overview of Female Genital Mutilation

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision, as it is commonly called, is viewed by many in the West as a blatant violation of human rights. It is not only considered a form of violence against women in general, but also a form of violence against the girl child that will affect her life as a woman. The United Nations Charter states that one of its goals is to strive for the realisation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without discrimination. Every major human rights instrument prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender (Nnaemeka, 2005, p. 25).

One reason is the sheer magnitude of human rights abuses against women. The demand for international attention and action is so immense that it overshadows the progress that is made. Due to the overwhelming nature of ...