Stop FGM

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Comment by Marie Kazalia on May 23, 2009 at 9:36pm

I highly recommend the new book titled Plan BE, by Terry Hinkle
The book gives a summery of how religion devised such controls over females, why, and more importantly how you as a woman can avoid such controls of your mind and body...

Comment by Madalena Lobao_Tello on July 30, 2008 at 11:13am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0l9yDgN-8

Comment by Monika Macken on July 29, 2008 at 6:26am

It's a terrible thing that women are still suffering of the simple fact to be a woman...It ruins the lives of thousands of girls, who whall never have a normal sexual experienceor joy. It's all a question of a lack of education, a lack of attention for those who are suffering.

Comment by Pompéia Sonoda on July 11, 2008 at 8:38pm

Esta é uma prática terrivel de alguns povos. É desumana e destroi psicológicamente a mulher no que tange à sua sexualidade. É desumana e precisa ser combatida onde quer que se pratique. É mais um crime que se pratica em nome de Deus. Um grande abraço Mada e parabéns por sua luta para libertar a humanidade da ignorância e do sofrimento.

Comment by Lana on July 11, 2008 at 6:07pm

Yes this is an important topic Madalena, and i used to eagerly read about it in your profile on care2 as well as the paintings, it's a huge breach of humaity, done in the name of chastity, from what i know it's an old african tradition since we don't know it in other parts of the world as far as i know (i might be mistaken).
I have heard stories of girls die under fgm, which made many clerics as well as governments ban and forbid it, but for some people traditions aren't skin deep, and it would take effort and education to overcome such beliefs.

From my tiny experience we should address people putting into consideration thier culture, traditions, belief system so on and so forth. i have seen good hearted activists trying to fight such issues and help people, yet people only saw them as foriegners trying to destroy out culture or dominate it, of course this is most unfortunate but it's true, that's why the way we address people is the key to the solution.

Comment by Madalena Lobao_Tello on July 11, 2008 at 4:36pm

"...the genital feminine mutilation
is a topic that concerns men and
women who believe in the equality,
dignity of all the human beings without distinction of race, religion or ethnic identity. This problem shouldn't be regarded as the problem of a group or
of a determined culture, no matter it
is African, Muslim or Christian."

Sabrina Olivieri