Reuters shall consider issues relating to the prohibition of female genital mutilation in Eritrea
Government officials hope that a new law will force them to ban female genital mutilation is a change in the attitude of the practice, reports Reuters (Kimball, Reuters, 10/06). Circumcision, a practice sometimes called female circumcision or female genital mutilation, involves partial or total removal of the labia minora, the clitoris or both. BRBRThe Eritrean government said in a proclamation published in April, it is illegal for someone to girls or women who are victims of genital cutting have tools to perform the procedure or not, the authorities of plans to subject anyone procedures.According to a statement by the Government, upon request, participates in or promotes the practice faces a fine of several hundred dollars or up to 10 years in prison. A government statement said
the ban took effect March 31. The government said BRBRThe that FGM is a procedure that seriously endangers the health of women, their causes great pain and suffering and more life-threatening. A 2002 study of the Government found that less than 1% of procedures of FGM in the country were made by people with medical training and 62% of circumcised women in Eritrea, the procedure is performed in a year (Health Policy Kaiser Daily Women, 4 / 10).Workers have said BRBRAid cultural traditions, the biggest obstacle to stopping the practice will be. Government officials said the ban only part of a program of public education in the broad sense. Eritrea is manageable, there is a chain system, a village, sub-region, zonal Misgna Tesfay said a militant Health Ministry, adding that [w] e
can control the practice. Misgna said that some villages did.BRBRSome practice advocated by the national government banned the practice is deeply worried too deep for legal threats to have much influence, reports Reuters.According to Reuters, the residents of glass, Eritrea, said genital mutilation persists in the village. Luul Ghebreab, president of the National Union of Eritrean Women, said that FGM is a culture deeply Merck agrees to pay $ 58 million multi-state lawsuit that claimePages: [1] 2