UGANDA DISTRICT BANS FGM
Oct 17th, 2008 by admin
The practice of female genital mutilation has been banned in a district of eastern Uganda. A community leader in Kapchorwa district said the ritual was no longer considered useful for the community’s women. The Sabiny are the only group in Uganda that practises FGM, which involves cutting off a young girl’s clitoris. The local council has submitted legislation to parliament for the ban to become law nationwide. Locals historically believe that women who marry without circumcision would be stricken by illness. Last year, the United Nations passed a resolution that called FGM a violation of the rights of women and said it constituted irreparable, irreversible abuse.