Human rights are believed to be inherent and as such they are naturally bestowed upon any human being by the very nature itself. Human rights cannot be granted by any person or authority including any government. This is out of the fact that these rights are naturally bestowed upon an individual by virtue of him being a human being. There are many sexual practices in the contemporary world that have severe human rights implications. Anything that touches on the fundamental human citizens of the citizens of this world becomes a major global concern. This is because human rights are not granted and as such it is the responsibility of the world government and authorities to protect and preserve human rights in all forms, fashions and designs.
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By simple definition, female genital mutilation can simply be described as female circumcision. Female genital mutilation may come in different fashions such as Sunna or circumcision, cliterodectomy or infibulations. This practice is widespread especially among the African nations and as a result it is being practiced in about twenty five African countries. This traditional practice impacts on the growth and development of the girl child left right and center. The social context of this practice is to serve as a rite of passage amongst girl child in any African traditional set up (Donnelly, …show more content…
To begin with, human rights are aimed at restoring and protecting the inherent dignity of the any human person all over the world. Any practice that stands either in direct or remote violation of human rights stands to be condemned by the right thinking members of the society and by extension the international community (Toubia, 1995). Female genital mutilation as a traditional practice infringes on various human rights. Examples of human rights that stand violated by exercising this inhuman practice are the inherent right to human dignity. FGM demeans the very human dignity that the girl child is entitled to in the community and in the nation at large (Tuck, 1981). This practice is also performed in the wrong context of the right of a girl child as a rite of passage. After female genital mutilation has been exercised on a girl child, the tradition automatically qualifies her as a wife material hence the leading cause of early marriages among the many nations especially those of the African decent that do exercise this practice. As such, rights such as the right to education that is not limited to any sex in the community stands violated and infringed at the onset. In summary, the FGM sexual practice qualifies to be a human rights issue as a result of its negative implications on the girl child and many other connected rights the practice stands to infringe
By simple definition, female genital mutilation can simply be described as female circumcision. Female genital mutilation may come in different fashions such as Sunna or circumcision, cliterodectomy or infibulations. This practice is widespread especially among the African nations and as a result it is being practiced in about twenty five African countries. This traditional practice impacts on the growth and development of the girl child left right and center. The social context of this practice is to serve as a rite of passage amongst girl child in any African traditional set up (Donnelly, …show more content…
To begin with, human rights are aimed at restoring and protecting the inherent dignity of the any human person all over the world. Any practice that stands either in direct or remote violation of human rights stands to be condemned by the right thinking members of the society and by extension the international community (Toubia, 1995). Female genital mutilation as a traditional practice infringes on various human rights. Examples of human rights that stand violated by exercising this inhuman practice are the inherent right to human dignity. FGM demeans the very human dignity that the girl child is entitled to in the community and in the nation at large (Tuck, 1981). This practice is also performed in the wrong context of the right of a girl child as a rite of passage. After female genital mutilation has been exercised on a girl child, the tradition automatically qualifies her as a wife material hence the leading cause of early marriages among the many nations especially those of the African decent that do exercise this practice. As such, rights such as the right to education that is not limited to any sex in the community stands violated and infringed at the onset. In summary, the FGM sexual practice qualifies to be a human rights issue as a result of its negative implications on the girl child and many other connected rights the practice stands to infringe