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Female Circumcision
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation, as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation, as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons." WHO estimates that 140 million women and girls around the world have experienced it, including 101 million in Africa. This episode explores the efforts to treat female circumcision as a human rights abuse. Pulitzer prize-winning author Alice Walker discusses her novel, Possessing the Secret Joy, about the response of an African woman to this cultural tradition. Also featured, "Diary from Hell" is a documentary about Manila's Smokey Mountain garbage dump, making the link between the environment and human rights; and a Sarajevo daily newspaper is given a human rights award.
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- International Center for G
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1993
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- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn861412336
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 14, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Female Genital Mutilation (2:56) -- Female Circumcision: Difficult Fight (3:56) -- Permanent Damage of Female Circumcision (4:38) -- Voices Against Female Circumcision (3:15) -- Mountains of Garbage (2:51) -- Children of Smokey Mountain (2:53) -- Human Rights Award (3:02) -- Credits: Female Circumcision: Rights & Wrongs - Human Rights Television (0:52)