Posted on 02/11/2025 6:22:03 PM PST by nickcarraway
This article was originally published in French Female genital mutilation is a reality in Europe, with over 600,000 girls and women having been subjected to it.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a reality in Europe: 600,000 girls and women, mainly from Africa and Asia, have been been subjected to it. Worldwide, the figure is at 230 million.
FGM refers to the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.
Various avenues for preventing this form of sexist and sexual violence were explored at a conference organised at the European Parliament last week.
"It would be wrong to say that female genital mutilation is not practised in Europe. It can happen anywhere," Valerie Lolomari, founder of Women of Grace UK, told Euronews.
"People can have it done in their countries before they move over. People can be imported back to their countries to get cut. Some families are even importing older cutters from their country to come get cut in Europe. It can happen anywhere. That’s the bottom line. It’s a very harmful practice. It can happen anywhere. It needs to be eradicated," she explained.
Despite the progress made in breaking the taboo and encouraging people to speak out, there is still a long way to go before changing people's attitudes.
Related 30 million women and girls have been 'circumcised' globally since 2016, UNICEF finds Female Genital Mutilation Zero Tolerance Day: can the practice ever be eradicated? What has worked so far is the movement of survivors themselves," says Comfort Momoh, a public health expert based in the UK.
"It has to be survivor-led. They're doing fantastic work within their community. They're going to schools to raise awareness," she adds.
However, superstition and social pressures remain deeply entrenched in some societies, while families who oppose the practice risk becoming ostracised.
"I do think that we are starting to really wake up and to know that something about it is wrong. Maybe not everyone, not every girl knows specifically what is wrong about it, but a lot of them, if not all of them, don’t want this practice to be done to them" Jasmina El Shouraky, a Youth in Action (Y-ACT) ambassador for Italy, told Euronews.
Given the scale of the issue, Italian MEP Cristina Guarda is calling for an increase in awareness of FGM in Europe, particularly among education and healthcare staff.
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Last year, the European Union adopted a directive on violence against women that requires member states to include FGM as a specific criminal offence in their penal codes.
For its part, the UN is calling for the total elimination of FGM by 2030.
Where are the ‘feminists’ on this issue?
Years ago, it seemed to be something of an issue for some of them; but lately, not so much.
I sometimes wonder if the insane push toward transgenders in the West is really just a round-about way to convince people that mutilating the genitals of children is all good fun and if the Muslims in your country insist on it, you would be a monster to oppose their desires.
I always wondered why the Left, 10-15 years ago, voted almost to a person to support something as horrific as FGM.
I know now - they were planning the whole time to start cutting the dicks off of little boys.
In Maine a few years ago they tried to pass a law banning female genital mutilation and the lefties went bughouse, calling it everything from “racist” to “not necessary”.
The article treats the subject as if it is a geographical phenomenon (’African. Asian’). It is not; it is Islam.
islam.
“it is Islam.”
Indeed.
I wonder if I should even bring up male genital mutilation after the last thread
Take a very good look at Dearborn, MI - this is happening right here in the USA.
BTTT
Only white supremacists oppose female genital mutilation, so therefore it has to be borne by Western society. Get use to it or be labeled a racist pig.
Disgusting.
Funny how this is wrong but male sterilization thru tranny conversion is right.
They’re busy celebrating diversity.
bump
Because feminists will throw other women under the bus rather than criticize islamists, the biggest misogynists on the planet.
I don’t think it began with Islam. Some of the ancient Greeks wrote about encountering this practice in Egypt long before the advent of Islam.
Interesting. Nothing new under the sun, as they say. Hard to believe it continues to this day. We humans are an “interesting” bunch...
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