When a human rights violation occurs, the individual being violated is deprived of his or her basic freedoms—the right to life, liberty, and security. When individuals experience human rights violations it is not of their own volition. An individual does not choose to partake in the wrongdoing and thus did not give explicit permission or consent to the violation. While the concept of consent is a fundamental principle in western societies, all communities and all people are vulnerable to human rights violations. No individual, regardless of their society’s level of development or an element of their individual identity— socioeconomic status, ability, nationality, race, religion, gender, or sexuality—is immune. However, certain groups of people
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The three practices emphasize a male’s dominance and power in society, as the female is required to adjust or submit herself to a society based on standards from a male’s perspective. In regards to FGC, some individuals, typically those from small, traditional villages, view the practice as a coming of age ceremony. Others believe that it is necessary as a means of presenting oneself as feminine, modest, and clean (cite). On the contrary, many individuals, particularly westerners, view the practice as a means of torture. The practice is extremely controversial due to both its reinforcement of old-fashioned gender roles as well as the concerns it raises over the health and overall wellbeing of the women who undergo the procedure (Walley 1997: 411) Like FGC, forced marriage exposes a young women to a harmful situation. However, unlike FGC the practice is more universally contested as the girls or women who were forced into the marriages, for the most part, outwardly express their resentment and cannot or did not consent. Since the practice is lacking consent, forced marriage can be viewed as a means of human trafficking. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime defines human trafficking as:
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All three practices expose the women to unnecessary risk and are severely diminish a woman’s quality of life. FGC, as an unnecessary medical procedure not performed by a medical professional, the it is highly probably that the women will contract various infections, have gynecological troubles, is more likely to have a difficult or risky pregnancies, and also the experience in itself is highly likely to have a traumatic effect and can leave the women with psychological damage as well as decreased pleasure: (UNODC 2016). Like FGC, forced marriage can be detrimental to a woman or child’s mental health. Likewise, forced marriages tend to have high levels of physical abuse as well as sexual abuse. There is also a substantial parallel between FGC and forced marriage. In many cases, FGC is a prerequisite for marriage (Walley 1997: 405). Forced marriage also has substantial overlaps with trafficking. While some individuals might attempt to rationalize that children or women in forced marriages cannot experience sexual or physical abuse under the confines of marriage, it is in fact abuse as it is nonconsensual. Thus women in forced marriages are trafficked. Forced marriages are even more unambiguously a form of trafficking if a dowry or other form of payment occurred since the women was in essence sold to her husband it can be viewed as a form of slavery and is most
The three practices emphasize a male’s dominance and power in society, as the female is required to adjust or submit herself to a society based on standards from a male’s perspective. In regards to FGC, some individuals, typically those from small, traditional villages, view the practice as a coming of age ceremony. Others believe that it is necessary as a means of presenting oneself as feminine, modest, and clean (cite). On the contrary, many individuals, particularly westerners, view the practice as a means of torture. The practice is extremely controversial due to both its reinforcement of old-fashioned gender roles as well as the concerns it raises over the health and overall wellbeing of the women who undergo the procedure (Walley 1997: 411) Like FGC, forced marriage exposes a young women to a harmful situation. However, unlike FGC the practice is more universally contested as the girls or women who were forced into the marriages, for the most part, outwardly express their resentment and cannot or did not consent. Since the practice is lacking consent, forced marriage can be viewed as a means of human trafficking. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime defines human trafficking as:
The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, …show more content…
All three practices expose the women to unnecessary risk and are severely diminish a woman’s quality of life. FGC, as an unnecessary medical procedure not performed by a medical professional, the it is highly probably that the women will contract various infections, have gynecological troubles, is more likely to have a difficult or risky pregnancies, and also the experience in itself is highly likely to have a traumatic effect and can leave the women with psychological damage as well as decreased pleasure: (UNODC 2016). Like FGC, forced marriage can be detrimental to a woman or child’s mental health. Likewise, forced marriages tend to have high levels of physical abuse as well as sexual abuse. There is also a substantial parallel between FGC and forced marriage. In many cases, FGC is a prerequisite for marriage (Walley 1997: 405). Forced marriage also has substantial overlaps with trafficking. While some individuals might attempt to rationalize that children or women in forced marriages cannot experience sexual or physical abuse under the confines of marriage, it is in fact abuse as it is nonconsensual. Thus women in forced marriages are trafficked. Forced marriages are even more unambiguously a form of trafficking if a dowry or other form of payment occurred since the women was in essence sold to her husband it can be viewed as a form of slavery and is most