Church Promotes Alternative to Female Circumcision

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Uploaded by on Jul 13, 2009

Female genital cutting, or circumcision, is rampant in parts of Kenya. The procedure involves removing part or all of the external female genitalia and is typically performed on girls as a rite of passage into womanhood. Critics describe it as female genital mutilation, or FGM. In the town of Meru, Eastern province, the Catholic Church has come up with an alternative rite of passage for girls and young women. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Meru.

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  • Replacing one kind of tradition with no facts with another one is not the answer. But if one girl who would have been circumcised, is spared its hard to not see the benefits! I wonder what advice they give on contraception? I wonder if they stick to the facts on that subject! Why we can't just send teachers without an agenda other than to make the world a better place.

  • Circumcision of all children girls and boys must and will end.

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