Vulnerability and Capability in Kenya: Towards An African Women’s Public Theology (2008)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Sicily Mbura Muriithi
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To examine an appropriate response from Christians and the Church to this experience of comprehensive vulnerability
Study Population: Women
Findings: Among the interviewed women and the group discussions,the whole issue of FGM was treated with a lot of reservation. They admitted that there were people practicing it but they were not very willing to share their experiences. Those who did so requested that their stories and names be treated with a lot of confidentiality. In some families it is done secretly but in others it is an open practice. While female circumcision has been strongly opposed by the Christian church and Gender Activists Support project,the practice is rampant among the Meru and other Kenyan tribes.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya