Malicounda-Bambara - The Sequel : Journey of a Local Revolution
The note explores the dimensions of the initiative to abandon the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), which begun in Senegal, and spread nationwide, and to several other African countries. This initiative took part in a non-formal education p...
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okr-10986-108072021-06-14T11:02:17Z Malicounda-Bambara - The Sequel : Journey of a Local Revolution Easton, Peter Monkman, Karen INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CULTURAL FACTORS FEMALE CIRCUMCISION WOMEN'S HEALTH & HYGIENE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP TRAINING GENDER SENSITIZATION TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S RIGHTS LOCAL CULTURE RELIGION & CULTURE COLLECTIVE ACTIONS COMMUNITY-BASED METHOD COMMUNITIES CURRICULUM FAMILIES GIRLS HUMAN RIGHTS HYGIENE INTERPRETERS LEARNING LITERACY MEDIA NONFORMAL EDUCATION PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS VILLAGES VIOLENCE The note explores the dimensions of the initiative to abandon the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), which begun in Senegal, and spread nationwide, and to several other African countries. This initiative took part in a non-formal education program, sponsored by a Senegal-based nongovernmental organization, "Tostan", a program focused on themes of women's health, and human rights, and the beginnings of literacy. During the training program, women shared their experiences on this taboo topic, and confronted them with a new sense of women's rights, by approaching local authorities, and community members to win support for a declaration of intent to abandon this practice. The statement renouncing the practice, made in July 1997, made a minor media impact, though in local culture it did have greater impacts, despite some opposition. Regardless of the controversy, the spread of the initiative reached a turning point, when a religious leader became supportive of this cultural change, which led to the development of a strategy. Essentially, the strategy strength was based on its collective nature, on the fact that it came across as a movement for internal consistency, and liberation, not as an outside condemnation, and, it was an empowering method, i.e., its resolution was left to the initiative of each community, and its members. 2012-08-13T13:10:21Z 2012-08-13T13:10:21Z 2001-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089510/malicounda-bambara-sequel-journey-local-revolution http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10807 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 31 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Senegal |
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The note explores the dimensions of the
initiative to abandon the practice of female genital cutting
(FGC), which begun in Senegal, and spread nationwide, and to
several other African countries. This initiative took part
in a non-formal education program, sponsored by a
Senegal-based nongovernmental organization,
"Tostan", a program focused on themes of
women's health, and human rights, and the beginnings of
literacy. During the training program, women shared their
experiences on this taboo topic, and confronted them with a
new sense of women's rights, by approaching local
authorities, and community members to win support for a
declaration of intent to abandon this practice. The
statement renouncing the practice, made in July 1997, made a
minor media impact, though in local culture it did have
greater impacts, despite some opposition. Regardless of the
controversy, the spread of the initiative reached a turning
point, when a religious leader became supportive of this
cultural change, which led to the development of a strategy.
Essentially, the strategy strength was based on its
collective nature, on the fact that it came across as a
movement for internal consistency, and liberation, not as an
outside condemnation, and, it was an empowering method,
i.e., its resolution was left to the initiative of each
community, and its members. |
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Easton, Peter Monkman, Karen |
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Malicounda-Bambara - The Sequel : Journey of a Local Revolution |
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2012 |
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