Overcoming Female Genital Cutting An Examination of Approaches to Overcome the Harmful Traditional Practice: A Children’s Rights Perspective (2011)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Martina Döcker
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: This study about FGC examines approaches to overcome the harmful traditional practice,particularly implemented in programs and projects in Kenya. It focuses on
children as rights-holders,whose rights need to be ensured through comprehensive
interventions to abandon FGC
Study Population: Analysing World Vision‟s Girl Child Promotion Project in Marigat,the “Alternative Rites Approach” of the Manadaleo Ya Wanawake
Organization,and the “Fulda-Mosocho Project” and the “UN Joint Programme to Abandon Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting.
Findings: The review was complex and a reasonable selection was necessary. FGC,interventions to ensure children’s rights in Kenya,and protection of girls against harmful practice were selected as the main focus for this study. This proved to be challenging. The study offers an overview,but there are ongoing efforts to establish further legislation,policies and programs of the Kenyan Government to end FGC. Similarly,the approaches to overcome FGC make no claim to be complete,as there is further development and adaption to the different needs of communities in progress.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya