Christian Troh

Violation of Women’s Rights. Female Genital Mutilation (eBook, PDF)

Culture, religion and society in Sudan, Nigeria and Iraq

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: B, Linnaeus University (Social Science), course: Peace and development studies, language: English, abstract: This study intends to analyze the causes of the high prevalence of the practice of female genital mutilations (FGM) in Sudan, Nigeria and Iraq. For the attainment of this particular objective, the researcher had used the secondary data collection and the qualitative data analysis method. The results of the study indicate that the factors of culture, religion and society are the three most important ones which had directly contributed towards the high prevalence of FGM in the different developing nations like Sudan, Nigeria and Iraq among others. More importantly, the results also indicate that the practice of is an attempt on the part of the male dominated society of these nations to not only control the sexuality of the women but of almost all the aspects of their life. Furthermore, this particular ritual while adversely affecting the wellbeing as well as the health of the women and the girls is a gross violation of the human rights or the basic fundamental rights of the girls and the women. In addition to these, it had been seen that although the different nations of the world like Sudan and Iraq in the recent years had taken the help of various measures, legislations and others but they have failed to help these nations to effectively reduce the high prevalence of FGM.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 51
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783346266477
• Artikelnr.: 60348925