The Practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau: A Local Knowledge Approach

Aua Balde

ISBN 10: 365926041X / ISBN 13: 9783659260414

Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Feb 2013, 2013

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Neuware -The practice of Fanadu ¿female circumcision¿ is a human rights violation that affects almost 50% of the women¿s in Guinea-Bissau, despite wide range of national and international human rights norms that grant women¿s right to health and bodily integrity. Nearly 30 years of worldwide campaigns to end the practice - which has resulted in high success rates in neighboring countries such as Senegal - seems not to affect the trends and high incidence rates of the practice in Guinea-Bissau. The book uncovers the reasons for this deeply rooted traditional practice in the specific context of Guinea-Bissau and its linkages to ethnicity, religion and culture. It alerts to the perils¿ of copy-past approaches and suggests the adoption of policies and action plans that takes into account the specific context and dynamics in the country as a way of ensuring long-lasting and successful solutions to the practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: The Practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau: A Local Knowledge Approach
• Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Feb 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 365926041X
• ISBN 13: 9783659260414
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 220 L x 150 A x 5 P (millimetri) 220 millimetri di larghezza per 150 millimetri di altezza per 5 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 131 grammi

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Riassunto

The practice of Fanadu “female circumcision” is a human rights violation that affects almost 50% of the women’s in Guinea-Bissau, despite wide range of national and international human rights norms that grant women’s right to health and bodily integrity. Nearly 30 years of worldwide campaigns to end the practice - which has resulted in high success rates in neighboring countries such as Senegal - seems not to affect the trends and high incidence rates of the practice in Guinea-Bissau. The book uncovers the reasons for this deeply rooted traditional practice in the specific context of Guinea-Bissau and its linkages to ethnicity, religion and culture. It alerts to the perils’ of copy-past approaches and suggests the adoption of policies and action plans that takes into account the specific context and dynamics in the country as a way of ensuring long-lasting and successful solutions to the practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau.

L'autore

Aua Balde is a lawyer who has practiced law in Guinea-Bissau and Portugal. She is currently working at UNOCI. Aua holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School [HLS]. While at HLS she was awarded Henigson Human Rights Fellowship, which allowed her to work on the implementation of human rights norms in southern Senegal with the NGO Tostan.