Strategies Implemented To Stop FGM/C. A case study of Kenya and Ethiopia: What strategies have the local developing organisations and Governments implemented in the help of eradicating FGM/C?
Author
Waweru, Esther
Term
4. term
Publication year
2012
Submitted on
2012-06-29
Pages
55
Abstract
Kvindelig omskæring (FGM/C, female genital mutilation/cutting) er internationalt anerkendt som en krænkelse af piger og kvinders menneskerettigheder. Dette speciale undersøger, hvorfor afskaffelsen går langsomt trods veldokumenterede skader, og hvad lokale organisationer og regeringer har gjort for at stoppe praksissen. Med casestudier fra Kenya og Etiopien belyses to modstående perspektiver: menneskerettighedsuniversalisme, som mener, at visse rettigheder gælder for alle overalt, og kulturel relativisme, som lægger vægt på fællesskabers ret til at bevare kulturelle praksisser og identitet. Analysen viser, at myndigheder og civilsamfund i begge lande har handlet og opnået nogle resultater, men at forståelsen af FGM/C som en menneskerettighedskrænkelse, selv om den passer ind i mange landes politik, møder kritik. Disse spændinger er med til at forklare den langsomme afskaffelse.
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is widely recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. This thesis examines why eliminating the practice has been slow despite well-documented harm, and what local organizations and governments have done to end it. Using case studies of Kenya and Ethiopia, it explores two competing perspectives: human rights universalism, which holds that some rights apply to everyone everywhere, and cultural relativism, which emphasizes communities’ rights to preserve cultural practices and identities. The study finds that authorities and civil society in both countries have acted and achieved some results, but that framing FGM/C as a human-rights violation, while influential across many countries, faces criticism. These tensions help explain the slow pace of eradication.
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