Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-272) and index.
Contents:
"My grandmother called it the three feminine sorrows" : the struggle of women against female circumcision in Somalia / Introduction : The custom in question / Raqiya D. Abdalla -- 9. Local contexts and current debates -- 2. "Had this been your face, would you leave it as it is?" Female circumcision among Nubians of Egypt / Fadwa El Guindi -- 3. Male and female circumcision : the myth of the difference / Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh -- pt. 2. African campaigns to eradicate female circumcision -- 4. Community-based efforts to end female genital mutilation in Kenya : raising awareness and organizing alternative rites of passage / Asha Mohamud, Samson Radeny, and Karin Ringheim -- 5. A community of women empowered : the story of Deir El Basha / Amal Abdel Hadi -- 6. Strategies for encouraging the abandonment of female genital cutting : experiences from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali / Nafissatou J. Diop and Ian Askew -- 7. The Sudanese National Committee on the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices and the campaign against female genital mutilation / Hamid El Bashir -- 8. The Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies and the eradication of female circumcision in the Sudan / Shahira Ahmed -- 9. "My grandmother called it the three feminine sorrows" : the struggle of women against female circumcision in Somalia / Raqiya D. Abdalla -- 12. Acknowledgments. 10. The double-edged sword : using the criminal law against female genital mutilation / L. Amede Obiora -- 11. Representing Africa in the Kasinga Asylum case / Charles Piot -- 12. Afterword : Safe harbor and homage / L. Amede Obiora -- Notes -- List of references -- List of contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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