Baksidan av en god idé : en idéanalys av kriminaliserande lagstiftning mot FGM/C och dess påverkan för afrikanska kvinnor och flickor
(2013) MRSG20 20122Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- In Africa there are approximately 91,5 million women and girls who have been subject to the traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Mothers subject their daughters to FGM/C as an act of love as society regards this to be the process a girl becomes a woman; furthermore a non-circumcised woman is deemed as unfit for marriage. This perception stems from deeply rooted social structures and creates a strong peer pressure where people consider the practice of FGM/C as a highly contributive part of the future premises for the girl. The international community's view of FGM/C is that it is a violation to women and girls’ fundamental freedom and rights, and demands that the practice is abolished. Organizations such as... (More)
- In Africa there are approximately 91,5 million women and girls who have been subject to the traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Mothers subject their daughters to FGM/C as an act of love as society regards this to be the process a girl becomes a woman; furthermore a non-circumcised woman is deemed as unfit for marriage. This perception stems from deeply rooted social structures and creates a strong peer pressure where people consider the practice of FGM/C as a highly contributive part of the future premises for the girl. The international community's view of FGM/C is that it is a violation to women and girls’ fundamental freedom and rights, and demands that the practice is abolished. Organizations such as WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA propose that creation of laws against FGM/C as an effective means to end the practice. This paper will investigate the different consequences a law against FGM/C could have for African women and girls. Subsequently this paper will put forth, with the help of effect oriented idea analyzes, that a law prohibiting FGM/C could have an elongated negative consequences on African women and girls. In spite of this, a law prohibiting the practice of FGM/C must be considered a necessary response so that future generations will be free from FGM/C. (Less)
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- author
- Petersson, Frida LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSG20 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- criminalization, culture relativism, women's rights, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), social structures, best interest of the child, Africa, universalism, Human rights, mänskliga rättigheter
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3358957
- date added to LUP
- 2013-02-26 11:42:22
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:36
@misc{3358957, abstract = {{In Africa there are approximately 91,5 million women and girls who have been subject to the traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Mothers subject their daughters to FGM/C as an act of love as society regards this to be the process a girl becomes a woman; furthermore a non-circumcised woman is deemed as unfit for marriage. This perception stems from deeply rooted social structures and creates a strong peer pressure where people consider the practice of FGM/C as a highly contributive part of the future premises for the girl. The international community's view of FGM/C is that it is a violation to women and girls’ fundamental freedom and rights, and demands that the practice is abolished. Organizations such as WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA propose that creation of laws against FGM/C as an effective means to end the practice. This paper will investigate the different consequences a law against FGM/C could have for African women and girls. Subsequently this paper will put forth, with the help of effect oriented idea analyzes, that a law prohibiting FGM/C could have an elongated negative consequences on African women and girls. In spite of this, a law prohibiting the practice of FGM/C must be considered a necessary response so that future generations will be free from FGM/C.}}, author = {{Petersson, Frida}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Baksidan av en god idé : en idéanalys av kriminaliserande lagstiftning mot FGM/C och dess påverkan för afrikanska kvinnor och flickor}}, year = {{2013}}, }