by LP | Sep 3, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM FGM: a deeply embedded social norm Maryam Sheikh shared her personal experience to highlight the dilemma faced by parents who want to both protect their daughters from Female Genital Mutilation and to ensure their belonging and integration into...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM Strengths and good practices of anti-FGM laws The very existence of the law produces effects that go beyond the mere application of sanctions and the prosecution of those practising Female Genital Mutilation. It serves as a deterrent and therefore...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM Issues & critiques linked to anti-FGM laws Criticisms of legal measures to combat Female Genital Mutilation vary depending on the context in the country of implementation and the prevalence rate. Despite criminalization in many African...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM The issue of Consent in anti-FGM laws In Africa, many anti-Female Genital Mutilation laws imply that if consent is given by a woman or girl, FGM is not a criminal offence (because she has “chosen” to be cut). (28 Too Many, 2013) On the contrary,...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM Absence of law: the case of Mali (2019) In Mali, one of the 6 African countries that currently have no law prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation, work is ongoing in order to produce a document for the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM An efficient law without trials: Iraqi Kurdistan Members questioned the relevance of considering trials and convictions as evidence of the success of a law and as a useful tool to improve the effectiveness of the law. Hannah Wettig, working for...
