Female Genital Mutation (FGM)
The older generation have decided to take action
against FGM as their views have changed on ‘being circumcised at a young age’. Grandparents say they can’t bring
their grandchildren to go through that pain they went through.
Most girls undergo FGM when they are aged between 7 and 10
years old. FGM seems to be taking place at earlier ages in different countries
because parents want to reduce the trauma to their children. However parents
aren’t allowing the child’s freedom to be respected. The child should be given
a choice of undergoing this operation but parents do as they please. We
understand they want to protect the child but they need to understand how
different bodies change at different times and they might not be ready. By
forcing a child in to FGM may affect their future life, by being patient and
willing to respect their choices means they will be relaxed and calm throughout
the process of FGM. They also want to avoid government interference and/or
resistance from children as they get older and form their own opinion. Women
undergo FGM during adulthood when joining a community which promotes or encourages
FGM for when they choose to they are ready to become pregnant and deliver their
first child. Evidently, were advertising FGM for child protection laws to
work for all child regardless of the race, origin or ethnicity. All children
should be treated the same and have their own say on what is happening to their
body. I don’t believe that FGM should happen unless the person decides
themselves. Until they grow up and are old enough to make their own decisions.
I believe this is being portrayed as child abuse as the child has no input on
what is actually happening to their body. Male circumcision has been brought into
the situation recently trying to compare the two. However male circumcision is
done for health reasons, young females are having FGM done to be controlled in
later life. It will increase the sex drive in woman so they are less likely to
have affairs and it will try to delay the age girls lose their virginity, to
make them believe sex comes after marriage.
Some religions believe this however the child needs to have freedom.
Planning
Your views/opinions: eg. What could be done about this?
I don’t
think that FGM should happen unless the person decides themselves. Until they
grow up and are old enough to make their own decisions. I believe this is being
portrayed as child abuse as the child has no input on what is actually
happening to their body.
Who and/or what is the report about?
Female genital mutilation to be treated as child abuse. The report is about Samira Hashi, her mother Lul Musse and grandmother Faduma Ali.
Where/when did these events occur?
4th of November 2013
Key facts/quotes/statistics
· 66,000 women in England
and Wales have undergone FGM
·
More than 24,000 girls
under the age of 15 are at risk
“If we are
applying child protection laws, we cannot pick and choose which crimes against children we pursue"
We are
not asking for more money or legislation, we are just asking that child
protection laws should work for all children not just some
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“The
older generation have decided to take action against FGM as their views have
changed on ‘being circumcised at a
young
age’. Grandparents say they can’t bring their grandchildren to go through that
pain they went through.”
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