Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide to Worldwide Laws & Policies (Paperback)
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Description
The book opens with a description of female circumcision/female genital mutilation, its history and its consequences for health. The authors look at the reasons used to justify it--control of women’s sexuality, tradition, interpretation of religious dictates--and present a history of the movement working to combat it.
About the Author
Anika Rahman is Director of the "CRLP" in New York.
Nahid Toubia is Associate Professor at Columbia University.
Praise for Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide to Worldwide Laws & Policies…
"...very helpful for courses in international law or development, social change, political science, and gender and development." --NWSA Journal
