The Twilight of Cutting

Hodžić, Saida

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“…The first theme revolved around FGM's health risks. Kamau argued that the prohibition of medicalised circumcision forces ‘women to be circumcised by traditional circumcisers hence exposing them to […] physical, psychological, and emotional consequences’ (Kamau, 2018b: 3) and that medicalisation would resolve this concern. Josephine Kulea, the founder of the Samburu Girls Foundation, argued that Maa communities would not embrace medicalisation because female circumcision is a cultural practice and therefore takes place in the context of a cultural ceremony.…”

Section: Constitutional Petition Against Kenya's Prohibition Of Fgm A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In comparison to the early 20th century, more African women and men participate in the transnational anti-FGM campaign, including in leadership positions. However, there is only space for those who indeed agree with and support the anti-FGM campaign the way it is (see also Hodžic ́, 2019). Those who disagree or hold an alternative perspective on what the future of female circumcision on the continent should be, are not given a platform.…”

Section: Power Hierarchies In Who Gets To Define Fgmmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Is Anti-FGM Legislation Cultural Imperialism? Interrogating Kenya's Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act

Bavel

2022

Social & Legal Studies

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Postcolonial feminists and anthropologists have criticised anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) efforts for being ethnocentric and for imposing ‘Western’ values onto African communities. Recently, a Kenyan medical doctor has petitioned against Kenya's Prohibition of FGM Act, arguing that the Act is unconstitutional and the entrenchment of Western values. This article critically interrogates the allegation that African legislation against ‘FGM’ (FGM) embodies the culturally-imperialist imposition of Western values by empirically examining how Kenya's anti-FGM Act was produced and became contested. The findings show that international power hierarchies influence who can speak and what can be said about FGM. However, the findings simultaneously challenge the Africa/West and cultural relativism/imperialism divide present in some of the critiques of anti-FGM legislation and interventions. I argue that the notion of ‘imposition’ does not adequately capture the African agency and the transnational collaborations that went into both producing and contesting the Act.

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Section: Constitutional Petition Against Kenya's Prohibition Of Fgm A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Power Hierarchies In Who Gets To Define Fgmmentioning

confidence: 99%