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The Cutting Tradition, 47 minutes, 2011 (Ref:
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This award-winning and moving film narrated by the
actress Meryl Streep is at times hard to watch and
even harder to listen to. It’s an up-close and
personal look at the practice of Female Genital
Mutilation (FGM). An estimated 140 million women and
girls have undergone some form of FGM. Its
justification is that it is an important initiation,
which reinforces virginity, chastity, purity,
marriage ability and fidelity. FGM is a harmful and
brutal practice – it is associated with long-term
physical and psychological morbidity on girls and
women who are subjected to it. FGM is not just a
cultural norm in parts of the developing world, but
is also, sadly occurring among some practicing
communities in the West. Many of the girls travel
from their homes in Europe, North America and
Australia back to their parents’ homeland to undergo
the practice.
Contains disturbing
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Between Dreams & Nightmares,
Ref: 782 |
Africa's Last Taboo,
Ref: 781 |
Congo's Deadly Treasure,
Ref: 780 |
Burma: Beneath the Surface,
Ref: 779 |
The Score in South Africa,
Ref: 778 |
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GITMO: The New Rules of War,
Ref: 775 |
Return to Rwanda,
Ref: 769 |
I am Palestine,
Ref: 766 |
Aminatu's Determination,
Ref: 765 |
Nepal: Child Widows,
Ref: 765 |
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