FGM Miraculously Abolished in Uganda
May the megatrend begin! FGM Abolished Worldwide Still do not believe in the power of thinking differently? The women of Uganda had a vision we can help take hold across the planet. Join us.
A Christmas Miracle
for Ugandan Women and Girls.
East Africa. December 2009. A unanimous vote miraculously banned FGM, female genital mutilation, in Uganda this week, truly the most moving political story of hope for women and girls in developing countries this year. The unspeakably cruel practice of cutting off the clitoris of girls up to the age of 15 is also called female circumcision. For many African and Asian countries, it is common practice. In Uganda however, a new day has come, a day women and women’s groups have worked towards for many years, including organizations like
the Waris Dirie Foundation.
Now, with a paradigm shift in political will, those engaged in this horrific crime will be convicted and spend 10 years in prison, unless the child dies as a result of the procedure. Should that be the case, the offender faces a life sentence. With this practice a reality for many generations, most of today’s Ugandans now realized the time has come for massive positive change on the status of women, coming first in the from of the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation.In the late eighties, as a college professor teaching nursing students, I veered from the standard curriculum and taught a class on FGM. Riveted, and for most of my students, having never heard of female genital mutilation, they sat in emotional silence, shocked at the details of the procedure, the photos and the incredible story of Waris Dirie. The procedure, usually done by female village elders, without anesthetic and using crude, dirty blades and needles causes excruciating pain, infection and complications with later sexual activity and in childbirth. It is difficult to imagine a girl being forced to endure the trauma of the sexual act once having been subjected to this procedure, but that is the case, and should she survive, further trauma, infection and complications lead to illness and death at that time on a frequent basis. Three million girls and women are forced to endure FGM every year, and 140 million have had the procedure worldwide, according to United Nations statistics. Other countries where it remains common practice are India, Malaysia and Indonesia. To the girls and the women of the world who must endure this or live in fear of it, know that your sisters are with you. We will see the day when the movement to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation becomes a megatrend, and all girls and women will enjoy the freedom and rights that so many of us do today. This is my vision. Sources: UN, Waris Dirie Foundation, CNN, Yahoo News
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