The effects of FGM vary depending on the type performed, the expertise of the practitioner and the conditions under which it is performed. Complications can include severe pain, shock, haemorrhage, infection, urine retention and more. In some cases, haemorrhage and infection can be severe enough to cause death. Long-term risks include complications during childbirth and psychological effects.
FGM is traditionally performed by a designated community member , sometimes using rudimentary tools like razor blades, often without anaesthetic or antiseptics. Furthermore, when medical personnel perform FGM, they can wrongly convey the message that the practice is medically sound, further entrenching it. Families may find it difficult to refuse to have their daughters cut.
Those who reject the practice may face condemnation or ostracism, and their daughters may be deemed ineligible for marriage. Collective abandonment , in which an entire community chooses to no longer engage in FGM, is an effective way to end the practice. It ensures that no single girl or family will be disadvantaged by the decision.
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Banyule Community Health. These women were my very good friends, and they were covering up their faces to not show how repulsed they were by the idea of somebody being uncircumcised and delivering a baby. They were, you know, revolted. Khazan: Well, wait, what did you say? Shell-Duncan: On the other hand, these are women who live in a drought-prone region of Africa.
Living in circumstances that are so dire. They know how to cope in those circumstances. And honestly, I have a Ph. Would I know how to raise a kid under those kinds of conditions?
Shell-Duncan: Different ethnic groups do it differently. Among the Rendille, they do it as part of the first part of the ceremony. The wedding ceremony spans years. This is a nomadic tribe. They live in huts that are made from branches. And what they do is they take apart the hut of the mother and father and they divide the branches. They get green branches. They divide them in half—half the old branches, half the new.
And they build two new huts. It symbolizes two new homes, sort of a fusion of the two. And then they have a ceremony where the bride is transferred to the new home. The morning part of that is the circumcision part. Khazan: And what type of circumcision do they do?
They cut off the clitoris and the inner labia. They range from Type 1, in which only the clitoris is cut, to Type 3, infibulation, in which the labia are stitched together. Khazan: I read you were invited to watch one of these. How old was the girl? Shell-Duncan: The girl was Which was young by their standards. Women were going to a dispensary the day before and they were getting antibiotics and an anti-tetanus injection. They would get a clean disposable razor. Before they had a traditional knife that was used, but they stopped using that, and now every bride has her own clean razor.
Shell-Duncan: Well, they invited me. They brought in the bride, and they brought in the circumciser, a woman, and a couple of other women followed. And I just sat on the edge in this tiny hut, and watched what was going on.
It all happened pretty quickly. They had one woman working, and other women held each leg. The circumciser came in and lifted this cloth that the woman had been wearing draped around her. The circumciser kneeled, and did basically this. And it was done. They poured some water with herbs boiled in it over her body. They moved her up to this little loft.
After a little time everybody looked to see if the cut was okay, and after that, they started brewing some tea. One woman went outside and announced the circumcision was successful. People started roasting lamb, meat. A little while later, warriors came over to the hut and started singing and dancing praises to the bride and the groom. This went on for hours. There was this complete celebration. I was completely perplexed. I sat there just sort of, you know, Did anyone just see what I just saw?
Shell-Duncan: No, no, she was proud. She sat there stoic and looked up at a focal point.
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