The “crisis” of gender equality: The Norwegian newspaper debate on female genital cutting (2009)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Teigen Mari,and Trude Langvasbråten
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To examine how tensions between feminism and multiculturalism conflate in a media debate on female genital cutting
Study Population: None
Findings: The findings of our study do not support a claim that gender equality would be challenged by accommodations to multiculturalism. Our conclusion is that it is difficult to disconnect policy-making aimed at combating female genital cutting from the processes of stigmatization. Rather,by advocating the type of measure that is the most contested by the actors of ethnic minority organizations,the proponents for adopting routines of genital examination ultimately contribute to a problematic pattern,where the political debate about the situation within ethnic minority groups is run and dominated by the majority
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Europe
Country(ies):Norway