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The FGM survivor did not subject her children to the practice, which her mother and grandmother had undergone. Nagarwala acknowledges performing a procedure on both girls, her lawyer, Shannon Smith, said. But I know that my story needs to be heard. I wondered what to do. All the same, she said, it was a violation. She fights for their access to education, their right to give full consent before marriage and their entitlement to a life free of FGM and other harmful practices.

London: British Museum. Experiences are written and reviewed by the general public and have not generally been edited by BME staff in any way, and are wholly the opinion of the authors. FGM is not invariably a rite of passage between childhood and adulthood, but is often performed on much younger children. My new tattoo would be the last to be changed, a new scar on a recent pubic scar. The vagina is opened for sexual intercourse, for the first time either by a midwife with a knife or by the woman's husband with his penis. Having ensured that sufficient tissue has been removed to allow the desired fusion of the skin, the circumciser pulls together the opposite sides of the labia majora, ensuring that the raw edges where the skin has been removed are well approximated.

Feminists Literature American feminist literature Feminist comic books Conservative feminisms Countries by women's average years in school Ecofeminist authors Feminist art critics Feminist economists Feminist philosophers Feminist poets Feminist rhetoricians Jewish feminists Muslim feminists Feminist parties Suffragists and suffragettes Women's rights activists Women's studies journals. Studies in Family Planning. A country's national prevalence often reflects a high sub-national prevalence among certain ethnicities, rather than a widespread practice. My arms were uncuffed and secured straight out from my shoulders and a belt cinched around my waist. Judaism requires male circumcision but does not allow FGM.