Female Genital Mutilation In Kenya

Aug 10, 2009 Social Issues

Female genital mutilation (FGM)in Kenya and arranged marriages for some Kenya girls as young as 8-years-old has never been a strange phenomenon. Some girls in believe that if they do not undergo circumcision they would never get a partner and would end up as outcasts in the Maasai community.

There has been many campaigns against this practice by anti- FGM NGOs, but this practice is still very prevalent within some communities. According to young Masai men known as Morans, they can only marry a girl if she is circumcised.
Research reveals that FGM has many immediate and long time side effects on these Maasai women and girls.
Several critics have perceived the fight against FGM to be organized by publicity seekers.

What do you think we should do about these practises?
How can we help in changing the mentality of a community especially these young morans?
Should the Government enact a law abolishing this practice?