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Hernlund, Ylva. "Winnowing culture : negotiating female "circumcision" in the Gambia /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6474.

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Ukoha, Dorothy Ebere. "Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision: Culture and Sexual Health in Igbo Women in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1944.

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced primarily in many African countries as well as some in Asia and the Arab Peninsula; however, it also takes place elsewhere around the globe among those who migrate from countries to which it is indigenous. This study was designed (a) to investigate the prevalence of FGM among the Igbo women in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area in Texas and (b) to understand the factors that support the continuation of the practice and the effects on women's sexual health. Using a quantitative approach to examine a variety of social variables aligning with the ecologi

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Spencer, Petra. "When culture harms : A case study on Female Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia and reverberations felt in a wider context from a political and ethical perspective." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-18024.

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Purpose and Questions: The purpose with this thesis is to explore why female genital mutilation (FGM) persist in Ethiopia, and secondly to explore reverberations felt in a wider context from a political and ethical perspective. The aim of this paper is not to argue that traditional female genital mutilation ought to be legalized, but to highlight the double standards of moral involved. Following questions were used as guidance to fulfil the purpose: how is the situation for women and what is the status of FGM in Ethiopia?; are there legal framework mechanisms in place?; what are the attitudes

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Momoti, Ndyebo Kingsworth. "Law and culture in the new constitutional dispensation with specific reference to the custom of circumcision as practiced in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003200.

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This study examines the custom of circumcision in the context of culture, law and the Constitution. In Chapter 1 the writer considers the pervasive role of culture in the context of the current debate in relation to equality versus culture. In Chapter 2 the writer considers the origin, development and the legal significance of the custom of circumcision in the Eastern Cape. In Chapter 3 the writer traces the circumstances leading to the enactment of the Provincial statute governing circumcision of children. In this chapter the writer also poses the question whether an aspect of morality can ef

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Larsson, Camilla. "Erfarenheter av sexuell hälsorådgivning i en mångkulturell kontext. En kvalitativ studie med unga svensksomaliska kvinnor." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26021.

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The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of how experiences of sexual-health counseling and sex education are described by young Somali women in Sweden. Further the study aims at finding the best practices when it comes to offering sexual-health counseling in a multiethnic setting; in respect of, what should be communicated, where, how and by whom sex education and counseling should be given.Previous studies indicate that young immigrant women have less access to sexual health-care services. Discussing sexual matters is traditionally taboo among Somalis and a girl who gets pregnant be

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Ivan, Patricia. "Female circumcision, reasons, rights and relativism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ26123.pdf.

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Hutt, Nicole L. "Bridging the cultural divide a chronological analysis of female genital cutting in selected anglophone and francophone literature and film /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3180.

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Thesis (M.A.)--George Mason University, 2007.<br>Vita: p. 85. Thesis director: Paula Gilbert. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Foreign Languages. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 18, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84). Also issued in print.

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Reason, Letitia L. "Cultural evolutionary processes and the transmission of attitudes toward female genital cutting among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6523.

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Sibiya, Sydney Langelihle. "Ethical aspects of traditional male circumcision among certain ethnic groups in South Africa : the grounds for change and societal intervention." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86647.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traditional male circumcision (TMC) is non-therapeutic ritual removal of the penile foreskin of a male person undertaken as part of a rite of passage from childhood into adulthood and manhood. The practice of TMC has received increased attention in recent years as a result primarily of complications that have led to hospitalization, penile amputations, and death of initiates. This study is a literature review and philosophical-ethical reflection with the following objectives: • To explain the current problems that beset

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Abubakar, Nasra. "Female Genital Mutilation: Why Does It Continue To Be A Social And Cultural Force?" University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1353112338.

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Githiora, Rosa Muthoni. "Attitudes And Perceptions Of Female Circumcision Among African Immigrant Women In The United States: A Cultural And Legal Dilemma." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1278553618.

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Nomngcoyiya, Thanduxolo. "The impact of cultural attrition on youth behaviour :the case of ulwaluko and Intonjane cultural practices in Mthatha and Mount Frere, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5576.

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This study explored the impact of cultural attrition on youth behaviour: A case of ulwaluko and intonjane cultural practices in Mthatha and Mount Frere areas, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study endeavoured to achieve the following specific objectives: (i) to respectively examine youth perceptions of ulwaluko and intonjane cultural practices and their impact towards their behaviour; (ii) to establish different stakeholders’ perceptions on the link between current youth behaviours and attrition of ulwaluko and intonjane cultural practices; (iii) to explore the extent to which cultural attriti

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Omoyibo, Kingsley Ufuoma. "Adolescent females' reproductive health in Nigeria : a study on the legislation and socio-cultural impediments to abortion and against female circumcision /." Frankfurt am Main : P. Lang, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39085560q.

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Krall, Lisa. "Beschneidung." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-220373.

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Beschneidung umfasst einschränkende, genitalverändernde und -normierende Eingriffe. Zu unterscheiden sind unter anderem die Vorhautbeschneidung bei Jungen sowie Genitalbeschneidungen bei Mädchen in christlichen, islamischen und jüdischen Traditionen, medizinisch indizierte Praxen, genitale Schönheitschirurgie und genitalvereinheitlichende Behandlungen intergeschlechtlicher Neugeborener. Letztere sind wie die religiös motivierten Eingriffe Thema anhaltender rechtlicher und ethischer Debatten.

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Marinus, Chanel. "Female genital mutilation in Africa :what will encourage its discontinuation." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8783_1297850578.

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<p>Between one hundred and one hundred and forty million young girls around the world have reportedly been subjected to some form of genital excision during 2005. Approximately three million young girls are at risk every year of undergoing this harmful procedure (WHO, 2008). Female genital mutilation is reported to occur, and is expected to continue occurring in twenty-eight African countries (London Safeguarding Children Board, 2007). This paper aims to firstly observe the levels of excision in Africa, and then highlight the underlying factors that encourage certain women to continue this dan

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Krall, Lisa. "Beschneidung." Universität Köln, 2015. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15393.

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Beschneidung umfasst einschränkende, genitalverändernde und -normierende Eingriffe. Zu unterscheiden sind unter anderem die Vorhautbeschneidung bei Jungen sowie Genitalbeschneidungen bei Mädchen in christlichen, islamischen und jüdischen Traditionen, medizinisch indizierte Praxen, genitale Schönheitschirurgie und genitalvereinheitlichende Behandlungen intergeschlechtlicher Neugeborener. Letztere sind wie die religiös motivierten Eingriffe Thema anhaltender rechtlicher und ethischer Debatten.

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Reinholds, Franciska. "Abolishing Female Genital Mutilation by Cultural Renewal? : An assessment of Alternative Rites of Passage in Kenya." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-106890.

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Many attempts have been made to eradicate female genital mutilation over the past decades, yet the sustained practice continues to be a risk for women’s health and agency. In Kenya, an intervention with increasing proliferation is the alternative rites of passage. The approach has existed for some time, however little and highly contextual research has been produced around it. This thesis examines the general characteristics of an alternative rite of passage by combining primary and secondary data. Interviews were conducted with Kenyan professionals working with alternative rites of passage, a

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Lelli, Therese. "Behind Closed Doors: From an Open Celebration to a Secret Practice : An Ethnographic Study of the Meaning and Function of Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision in Singida, Tanzania." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-356711.

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This research examines the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision (FGM/C) as a social phenomenon in Singida Region, Tanzania. The aim is to contribute to a deepened cultural anthropological understanding of the function and meaning behind the practice in Singida, and how it reacts to external factors of change, such as human rights-based laws and projects aiming to eradicate FGM/C. This was done by conducting an ethnographic field study, with the help of staff members from the Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT). Through the theoretical framework, aiming to grasp the complexity of

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Sjöblom, Linnéa, and Mathilda Wihlner. "Kvinnlig könsstympning - vad har betydelse för att genomföra transkulturell omvårdnad? : en litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Sophiahemmet Högskola, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:shh:diva-3851.

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Bakgrund Idag beräknas 200 miljoner flickor och kvinnor världen över ha utsatts för könsstympning. Det utövas med hänvisning till kultur men fyller inget medicinskt syfte utan orsakar somatiska såväl som psykiska komplikationer och kan i värsta fall leda till död. Övergreppet står i kontrast med mänskliga rättigheter. I dagens globaliserade värld sker transkulturella möten och som sjuksköterska världen över finns en sannolikhet att möta kvinnor som utsatts för könsstympning. Större förståelse och respekt för kulturella skillnader hos sjuksköterskan skulle kunna öka upplevelsen av en god och t

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Smith, Courtney Paige 1979. "The politics of the marked body: An examination of female genital cutting and breast implantation." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10266.

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xiv, 246 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.<br>This project is a critical and comparative investigation of Western and non-Western practices of body modification. Situated in the realm of feminist political theory, the project engages the literature and debates concerning embodiment, or the symbolic and concrete meanings of women's bodies. I specifically explore two examples of the physical construction of women's bodies: breast implantation in the United States and female genital cutting (F

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Ngomi, Kayenda Bruce. "A culture-congruent male-circumcision model for HIV-infection prevention." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18903.

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Research studies have revealed that male circumcision (MC) reduces the transmission of HIV infection from infected women to circumcised men by up to 60% (UNAIDS 2007:2), hence the adoption of MC as an HIV-infection prevention strategy by the United Nations (WHO 2007:2). Botswana, a sub-Saharan African (SSA) country, has HIV as a leading health and developmental challenge. The government adopted male circumcision as one of the strategies to combat the infection. Apparently, not all tribes in Botswana practise male circumcision as part of their culture. The purpose of this study was to develop

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Zulu, John. "The material culture of Hlubi male initiation: a case study from Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21807.

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A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand March 2016<br>This is a study of the material culture associated with male circumcision rituals among Hlubi people in the Matatiele region of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. In recent years social scientists and public commentators have paid increasing attention to male circumcision in the context of controversies around ‘botched’ circumcisions, on the one hand, and the growing

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Mathew, Wesley. "Cutting into perceptions : investigating men's understanding of protection - through medical male circumcision for HIV prevention, in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9116.

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Three recent Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) have been able to deduce that Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) can reduce a heterosexual man’s chances of acquiring HIV through vaginal sexual intercourse by approximately 60% (Auvert et al. 2005; Gray et al. 2007; Bailey et al. 2007). In 2010, based on WHO recommendations, South Africa commenced a nationwide roll-out of MMC services. However, in the wake of these findings have come concerns that decreases in men’s perceived risk of contracting HIV could spark increases in risky sexual behaviour (risk compensation), in turn, driving up HIV incide

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Sotewu, Siziwe Sylvia. "A visual narrative reflecting on upbringing of Xhosa girls with special references to 'intonjane"." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22192.

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The study unpacked the meaning and the value of intonjane in traditional Xhosa communities. It also provides a critical analysis and interpretation of the intonjane custom and in particular its impact on the upbringing of a Xhosa traditional girl child. It investigates the value of this practice, especially in relation to where it is still being performed, even in our modern times. I researched closely into all aspects of how the girls were brought up, and with what social values. The data collection has been conducted through interviews with the Philakukuzenzela group when they were in Graham

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Miller-Mitchell, Beverly. "Relativism and rage: Representations of female circumcision and female genital mutilation." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/18595.

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In recent years, there has been an enormous surge in the level of public awareness in the United States regarding female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM). These practices, historically portrayed by anthropologists as predominately African cultural rituals known most commonly as female circumcision, have been reconstructed in various discursive sites more frequently as violence and torture against girls and women. In the latter sites, the practices are referred to as female genital mutilation. This reconceptualization has been conducted in large part beyond the disciplinary bound

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Fynn, Angelo. "A critical discourse analysis of strategies used to construct South African initiation schools in online news reports and discussion forums." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15372.

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This thesis examines the discourse strategies used to construct initiation schools in online media and message boards. The focus is on understanding the tensions that come with enacting traditional practices in the face of modernity and its associated cultural expectations. The thesis describes the manner in which these tensions are constructed in text by the media in news reports and participants in discussion forums. While there is still debate around whether the internet will revolutionise public participation and create a digital utopia; the internet is acknowledged as one of the widest re

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Ntsaba, Mohlomi Jafta. "The delivery of cultural care by health professionals among the hospitalized AmaXhosa male initiates of traditional circumcision in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1115.

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Traditional male circumcision is a rite of passage among the AmaXhosa in South Africa. According to the custom of male traditional circumcision, initiates should remain in the bush for the entire seclusion period. The AmaXhosa male initiates encounter complications due to a ritual that has gone wrong. Common complications are penile sepsis, dehydration, penile amputations and septicaemia. As a last resort, when the AmaXhosa male initiates do not improve from complications associated with the custom they are referred to hospital for admission (Meintjes, 1998; Warren-Brown, 1998). The main purpo

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"Somali Refugee Women and Their U.S. Healthcare Providers: Knowledge, Perceptions and Experiences of Childbearing." Doctoral diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25160.

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abstract: As a form of bodily modification, female circumcision has generated unprecedented debates across the medical community, social sciences disciplines, governmental/non-governmental agencies and activists and others. The various terminologies used to refer to it attest to differences in knowledge systems, perceptions, and lived experiences emerging from divergent cultures and ideologies. In the last two decades, these debates have evolved from a local matter to a global health concern and human rights issue, coinciding with the largest influx of African refugees to the Western nations.

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Ondiek, Concellia Aoko. "The persistence of female genital mutilation (FGM) and its impact on women's access to education and empowerment : a study of Kuria district, Nyanza province, Kenya." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4121.

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The overall policy goal of education for the Kenyan Government is the provision of education and training to all Kenyans as it is fundamental to the Government’s overall development strategy. This emphasis means that every Kenyan has the right to education and training no matter his/her socio-economic status. The Government has therefore allocated substantial resources and there has been notable achievements attained, but the sector still faces major challenges related to access, equity, and quality amongst others (Session paper no. 1 2005:2). One of these major challenges to access is the exi

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Reis, Analisa dos Santos Teixeira da Costa. "Percepção dos homens gambianos residentes na República da Gâmbia sobre a circuncisão feminina." Master's thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17840.

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Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Psicologia (área de especialização em Psicologia da Saúde)<br>O presente estudo teve como finalidade examinar fatualmente os acontecimentos, pensamentos e emoções que os homens gambianos residentes na Gâmbia possuem em relação a uma questão que lhes é tabu, a circuncisão feminina. Foram analisadas 11 entrevistas efetuadas a homens com idades compreendidas entre os 20 e os 45 anos. Todos os participantes possuíam um nível de escolaridade acima da média, para as comunidades em questão, e são todos muçulmanos. Responderam as mesmas questões: O que é a ci

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Dembélé, Moïse. "Les pratiques culturelles des excisions et des infibulations à Bamako au Mali : la contribution de la dignité humaine au respect de l’intégrité physique des femmes." Thèse, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/14117.

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Une des questions les plus débattues dans le domaine de l’éthique en ce XXIème siècle entre l’Afrique et le monde occidental concerne le respect de l’intégrité physique des femmes. Parmi les actions humaines qui touchent le plus l’intégrité corporelle, les excisions et les infibulations sont les plus dénoncées en Afrique. Longtemps considérées comme des rites d’initiation pubertaire des filles, ces pratiques sont maintenant considérées comme néfastes à la santé, et communément désignées par la communauté internationale de « mutilations sexuelles féminines ». Au cours des dernières décennies, c

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Guindon, Ľubica. "Univerzalismus lidských práv ve světle plurality kulturních hodnotových vzorů Afriky." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-298119.

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Ľubica Guindon :Universalism of Human Rights in the Light of pluralism of African cultural values The purpose of this thesis is to analyze actual discourse in international law terms about universal or culturally determined characters of human rights. This theoretical problem is introduced with the focus on legal qualification of female circumcision (FC/ FGM ) in international human rights protection. The study goes beyond the scope of international law and reaches cross-disciplinary analysis related to the African context and its cultural, political and social factors. Chapter One addresses t

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Svárovská, Gabriela. "Neviditelní nositelé lidských práv." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-304027.

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The idea of universal applicability of human rights has been a symbol of hope that peace and justice in the world is possible, since the late 1940s. Although it is a fiction, and anthropology can proof this bringing countless evidence, strong general awareness of this idea still inspires many in their strive for freedom and dignity as well as opposition to violence. The aim of this thesis is to bring two controversial examples, illustrating how and why value-driven struggle for promotion of human rights fails. The aim is nevertheless not to compromise this noble idea but to contribute to its m

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