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What’s the point of the Egyptian Revolution if it doesn’t stop Female Genital Mutilation?

Januar 14th, 2012 | Posted by Ines Laufer in Allgemein | Kommentare - (2 Comments)

Today, over 90% of Egyptian girls face the violence of Female Genital Mutilation - in an environment of general male violence against women, harassment, intimidation, deprivation and oppression

The following great piece from Hank Pellissier dates back to February 2011 – which could explain his obvious optimism that the „revolution“ could have lead to a democratisation.

While today – one year later – there are worries indicated that the signs in Egypt are more pointed to an Islamist regime than to democracy – the essence and questions of this article remain more actual than ever:

„What’s the point of the Egyptian Revolution if it doesn’t stop female genital mutilation?
If girls are chopped bloody, sexually-deducted, was the 18-day struggle at all productive?
Egypt gave itself a Mubarak-tomy – Now its time to end clitoridectomy
Let us condemn F-G-M“ (mehr …)

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Female Genital Mutilation and the culture of violence: Case study Maasai

Juni 16th, 2011 | Posted by Ines Laufer in Allgemein | Entwicklungshilfe | Kommentare - (1 Comments)
After decades of awareness-campaigns, 93 to 99% of Maasai girls are still subjected to Female Genital Mutilation
After decades of awareness-campaigns, 93 to 99% of Maasai girls are still subjected to Female Genital Mutilation

„Don’t meddle with our culture“ – was just recently the message from Maasai-elders in Oloitoktok (Kenya) to the Kenyan government and non-governmental Anti FGM-crusaders:

After decades of awareness- and education-campaigns among the Maasai, the knowledge about the devastating effects does not impress the tribe’s male patriarchs: They insist on the continuation of Female Genital Mutilation by referring to their „culture“.

But what is this „culture“? If we have a look under the surface of the Maasai’s exotic folklore, it becomes obvious that this „culture“ consists first of all of scroupulosly cultivated violence, and oppression against children and the female members of the society .

In fact, this „culture“ contains a perfectly organised, ritualised and perfidly justified excess of women’s enslavement and sadistic male violence.

Just a few examples: (mehr …)

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