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  Fuambai Sia Nyoko Ahmadu

International Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Day: February 6, 2013

2/6/2013

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Today, is the day I have chosen to formally launch this website, which represents a starting point to open discussions on nearly twenty years of my academic research and experience on the field in Sub-Sahara Africa among African women who celebrate female initiation and circumcision as well as among circumcised African female immigrants in western countries who bear the stigma of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).  It is my hope to engage with as wide an audience as possible, to invite viewpoints and feedback from different people throughout the world who are interested in this topic for one reason or another and to share my own knowledge  on behalf of future generations of African girls and women who descend from ethnic groups that practice female and male initiation as integral aspects of culture, tradition and gender identity. 

I will post weekly or bi-weekly commentaries inviting responses from readers as well as guest postings from experts within a broad-range of disciplines that adddress the topic of female circumcision.  I especially encourage those girls and women who are directly affected by the practice either positively or negatively to engage in these discussions and broaden the debate as much as possible so that all sides can be heard.  

My first ever blog posting will be this Sunday, February 10 on the topic of International Zero-Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Day.  So, to get the ball rolling... do zero-tolerance policies and criminal legislation help in ending female circumcision or do these initiatives just stigmatize and cause further harm to African immigrant girls and women?  Are these policies fair or evenly applied to other groups - should they be? -  or should the UN continue to view African girls and women as a special category that require unusual measures for protection?


5 Comments
Jonathan
2/6/2013 11:18:27 pm

Thank God somebody is standing up for the rights of African women to choose what they want to do with their own bodies. I hear this argument made a lot in the West with regard to abortion rights but somehow the rights of African women to undergo female circumcision is not acceptable. I'll forward this website to my friends

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Sia Nyandemo link
2/7/2013 10:16:03 am

When are you going to be in Sierra Leone?

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Emma
2/19/2013 08:58:13 am

I saw you on TV and think you made a passionate and respectful case for the defence of women's right to choose circumcision for themselves and their daughters.

My story is rather unusual in that I'm a white women from a Western Christian tradition who underwent clitoridectomy 11 years ago, voluntarily, in preparation for marriage to my Egypt-born husband. The procedure was carried out in a private clinic in Cairo.

In truth, I feared I wld no longer enjoy sex, but considered that a price worth paying to please certain female relatives of my future husband and have them accept me.

What I've actually experienced, which I think is the secret shared by circumcised women, is that not having a clitoris doesn't so much destroy your sexuality but re-orient it away from the clitoris toward the vagina. Previously, I didn't climax from penetration (just from clitoral stimulation); now, I do so - easily. And I find vaginal orgasms more intense and longer-lasting.

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Mike
3/8/2013 11:27:48 pm

Thank you Emma for your eloquent, frank and constructive testimony. I have heard from several other women with similar experience who, despite initial fear and reluctance, have learned the secret and become enthusiastic supporters of circumcision.

One of the "Anti-FGM" arguments goes something like "A woman without a clitoris cannot experience orgasm, therefore circumcised women who claim to have orgasms don't know what they are talking about". The most effective evidence against this false claim is testimony from Western women like yourself, who have true "before and after" experience.

Without condoning some of the more extreme traditional practices, I hope that many more women, with experiences similar to yours, will support Fuambai in her courageous efforts to counteract the biased misinformation and closed minds which have dominated all discussion of this subject.

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Lisa
5/8/2013 06:02:53 pm

I just came across your website and I must agree with you. There is no way that someone should ever intrude a healthy family even when the family if in favor for female circumcision.
In my family we think that every girl and woman has the right to choose what she wants to be done with her body. It includes circumcision as well as tattoos, piercings and other modifications.
If there is anything where I can help you to give the world a correct view on this issue, please tell me. I will do my best to help you in your struggle for a true understanding of that subject.

I wish you all the best and keep on fighting.
All woman have the right to choose

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