Female Genital Cutting Affects Millions in the World

A petition that Internet users can sign sends a message to U.S. politicians to help end this serious world problem.

Courtesy: care2.com

(SALEM, Ore.) - A growing number of women's rights advocates are calling for an end to the practice of Female Genital Cutting: described as an invasive cultural practice that removes part or all of the external female genitalia.

It may be a tough subject for western minds to grab, but this act is dangerous yet remains very common in Africa and parts of Asia and the Middle East.

It is reported that up to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of FGC.

This is a daily, ongoing problem with an estimated 3 million girls in Africa presently at risk of undergoing female genital cutting every year. Activists say this number soars when girls at risk all around the world are added into the figure.

Medical experts say FGC causes serious psychological and health complications. It's no surprise when you consider that the practice is often done under unsanitary conditions and without any type of anesthesia.

The average age of girls forced to undergo FGC is between 4 and 12. There are no health benefits of FGC.

You can help stop the practice of Female Genital Cutting by telling the new president to fight for human rights, and stop FGC.

This is the take action link: care2.com/go/z/e/AEpjB/YLXS/AuOf8

Reports From Iraq

Salem-News.com Top Stories
England's Savage Treatment of an Immigrant Family

---

Cannabis Intelligence Contest: Dwight Holton vs Medical Marijuana Patients... the Patients Won

---

No Party Politics - No Elections

---

A Journalist Killed Every Five Days, Six New 'Predators' Brings Total to 41

---

Racism Mars Spring for Many Foreigners and Palestinians in Lebanon

---

Q: what is the difference between enforced female genital cutting and enforced male genital cutting? A: None. End forced genital cutting on ALL children of both sexes. Worldwide. www.nocirc.org http://www.circumstitions.com/FGMvsMGM.html

Every time I read about someone who is a victim of this, or any one of a huge array of barbaric mistreatements that people commit against each other, it reminds me that the problem is really a lack of human rights. A lack of respect for the idea of human rights being universal. When we reject that notion, then we degenerate into campaigns against slavery, against genital manipulation, against honor killings, and the list grows to as many single items as groups can organize against. But the problem is not just genital mutilation... nor just slavery. It's that we as "free" people have abandoned our belief in and dedication to those universal rights that our Constitution's Preamble says are man's inherent birthright. All men. All colors, all races, even all cultures. And for all those who do not have them, we as humans have an unending and sacred responsibility to work toward those who do not gaining them.

Name:

Enter the text from the image to confirm you are human.(Cookies are required)

HTML tags and certain characters are removed - (numbers, letters only or post may be cut short.) certain words are banned to stop spammers. All comments and messages are approved by people and self promotional links or unacceptable comments are denied.