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Sunday, 7. February 2010
6th February: International Day "Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation"
inga_b, 11:51h
Yesterday was the day were women around the world were actively campaigning for the rigth of women to live a healthy life - Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. However, there is much to be done. As early as in 1948, FGM was declared as a human rights violation in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Sixty years onwards and there is still not an end to FGM. Here are some facts:
1. Research has shown that between 100 to 140 Million women have been exzised - this is almost the size of Germany and Britain combined.
2. Currently, more than 3 Million girls are at risk of being mutilated in Africa this year.
3. There are more than 20.000 women in Germany who have been exzised
So, now one should ask the question - what can we do? Germany and other Western countries should support projects in third world countries and educate the people about this ritual. Countries in Africa need to be more strict with the persecution of parents and exzisers who are still supporting this practice.
But also in Germany we can do something. The politicians should agree to accept FGM as a fact and hence, take it on in the "Diagnoseschlüssel". The Diagnoseschlüssel is a medical term from the German health service which then states that FGM is actually an illness. This way we can track how many people need to be treated and are affected in Germany. Furthermore, the health service should also provided sufficient fundings for women to undergo treatment and have their vagina recreated. This way, the suffering of not being able to go to the toilet and so on may have an end.
We MUST act now and stop the spread of FGM!
1. Research has shown that between 100 to 140 Million women have been exzised - this is almost the size of Germany and Britain combined.
2. Currently, more than 3 Million girls are at risk of being mutilated in Africa this year.
3. There are more than 20.000 women in Germany who have been exzised
So, now one should ask the question - what can we do? Germany and other Western countries should support projects in third world countries and educate the people about this ritual. Countries in Africa need to be more strict with the persecution of parents and exzisers who are still supporting this practice.
But also in Germany we can do something. The politicians should agree to accept FGM as a fact and hence, take it on in the "Diagnoseschlüssel". The Diagnoseschlüssel is a medical term from the German health service which then states that FGM is actually an illness. This way we can track how many people need to be treated and are affected in Germany. Furthermore, the health service should also provided sufficient fundings for women to undergo treatment and have their vagina recreated. This way, the suffering of not being able to go to the toilet and so on may have an end.
We MUST act now and stop the spread of FGM!
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