What is being done about FGC?
These are the most popular approaches used to try to stop the practice of FGC: • Education. In many regions, education is slowly changing attitudes and influencing the choice to have FGC. Many programs are culturally sensitive and use respected local women to teach other women and girls in their communities about the harmful effects of FGC. Recent research shows that women in these regions are beginning to support the worldwide call to end FGC. • Substituting a ritual that does not involve cutting. Some cultural groups have successfully substituted a ritual that does not involve cutting the genitals to mark a girl’s rite of passage into womanhood. In this way, the culture preserves its honor and starts new traditions that cause no harm to women. • Changing attitudes. Right now, women are made to feel disloyal to their culture by not choosing to have FGC.
These are the most popular approaches used to try to stop the practice of FGC: • Education. In many regions, education is slowly changing attitudes and influencing the choice to have FGC. Many programs are culturally sensitive and use respected local women to teach other women and girls in their communities about the harmful effects of FGC. Recent research shows that women in these regions are beginning to support the worldwide call to end FGC. • Substituting a ritual that does not involve cutting. Some cultural groups have successfully substituted a ritual that does not involve cutting the genitals to mark a girl’s rite of passage into womanhood. In this way, the culture preserves its honor and starts new traditions that cause no harm to women. • Changing attitudes. Right now, women are made to feel disloyal to their culture by not choosing to have FGC. This pressure can change if doctors and other health care workers would talk with women about the dangers of FGC and other options th
