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Author: Patel, Reyhana

Title: Female Genital Cutting in Indonesia: A Field Study

Summary: Female Genital Cutting (FGC) - sometimes referred to as Female Genital Mutilation or female circumcision - is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as 'all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.' An estimated 200 million girls and women around the world are currently thought to be suffering the consequences of FGC. Although the bulk of attention, research, and programmes has mainly centred on countries in Africa and on African diaspora communities, the occurrence of FGC in other parts of the world has for too long been ignored by the international community - which often dismisses FGC as an 'African phenomenon.' Further research, however, will underline that FGC is not limited to Africa. Rather, it is a global issue with girls and women in communities within Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq, Oman and other parts of the Middle East also being subject to FGC. The mixture of drivers that perpetuate this practice through generations include tradition, culture, religion, and social pressure. Although FGC pre-dates Islam and is not practised by the majority of Muslims worldwide, Islamic Relief Canada has learned that there is a large proportion of Muslims (men, women and girls) around the world who believe FGC to be an Islamic imperative or - at the least - not something to be condemned.

Details: Burlington, ONT: Islamic Relief Canada, 2016. 28p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 13, 2016 at: http://islamicreliefcanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRC_FGC_Report.pdf

Year: 2016

Country: Indonesia

URL: http://islamicreliefcanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRC_FGC_Report.pdf

Shelf Number: 139011

Keywords:
Female Genital Cutting
Violence Against Women, Girls