Why should we care about FGM if it does not affect U.S. women and girls in the same way that it affects Somalian women or Egyptian women? Why do we spend time in class talking about the phenomenon that is rare in the U.S.?
The purpose of this assignment is for you to this critically consider the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) and the importance of examining this form of VAWG. In class, we examined areas of the world where FGM is common practice. These countries include Somalia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Djibouti. While FMG exists in the […]