#femalegenitalmutilation

[mxanunnakiraymarquez]

Opinion | The Thin Line Between Surgery and Mutilation

There’s a lot of overlap between surgery on intersex infants and female genital mutilation. So why do we view them so differently?

It is simple, the rights of the child have to come first with medically unnecessary genital surgeries.

[artbyvo]

Here’s Zandra, named after one of my oldest friends. This piece is part of my series GIRLS, a series of paintings for women, for the female body. A series to raise awareness of the sick tradition female genital mutilation. . . . . . . . #artbyvo #expressionism #abstractart #painting #abstract #art #colour #paint #fluidart #interiordesign #interior #homestyling #artoftheday #creative #femalegenitalmutilation #women #girls #sharingart #artist #stockholm #MyLimitedStyle #showart #artistsoninstagram #instaart #konst #konstnär (at Stockholm, Sweden) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqrUyXdjlBE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17fuof3wv5wdr

[auxiliary9]

"When I was 18, and retrieved my medical records from @luriechildrens, I found out four important truths that changed the course of my life. ▫️ 1️⃣ I discovered that as a baby I was labeled a male pseudo-hermaphrodite 46XY. This was shocking because I had been assigned female at birth. ▫️ 2️⃣ I was born with undescended testes. No one ever told me this truth, instead my doctors lied and told me I was born with "cancerous ovaries" that had to be surgically removed in order to save my life. ▫️ 3️⃣ My clitoris was deemed too large (at a mere 1.5 centimeters when stretched) when I was 4 years old, and surgically altered with a medical procedure called a clitorectomy--very similar to #FemaleGenitalMutilation. ▫️ 4️⃣ At age 11, I was told by my doctors at Lurie that I needed a surgery on my urethra and bladder, but discovered thanks to retrieving my medical records that they actually gave me a complex vaginoplasty-like surgery instead. ▫️〰️▫️ All of these surgeries were NOT medically necessary, and done without my consent. ▫️〰️▫️ All of this happened, I would find out, because my genitals didn't quite fit the doctors' binary perception of what "normal female" genitals should look & behave like. No medical reasons whatsoever. My body was cut, put on display and medically violated because people with M.Ds pathologize (see last post) our beautiful healthy #nonbinary #intersex bodies. ▫️ I went back to the hospital where all of this went down and asked my best friend (& amazing Chicago movement photographer Sarah-Ji @loveandstrugglephotos) to take photos of me in front of the drive way leading into the entrance of the hospital that was then boarded up and being demolished. It was a driveway I was very familiar with as young person, a driveway that lead to the gates of a small personal hell. ▫️ Lurie Childrens hospital, and all children's hospitals that continue performing non-consensual medical unnecessary surgeries on intersex kids, claim to "care" for us when we never needed that "care" in the first place. If you go on Lurie's website today, they still have clitoral surgeries listed as a medical intervention for intersex babies. 🤦" @pidgeo_n

[nprglobalhealth]

Why would a culture want to deny women the pleasure of sex by removing her clitoris? A scientist responds: http://n.pr/2qJMfL8  

[lmsintmedia]

Speaker Mojisola Meranda Calls for Urgent Action to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation

Speaker Mojisola Meranda Reaffirms Commitment to Ending Female Genital Mutilation The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has reaffirmed her dedication to the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), calling for collective efforts to eliminate the harmful practice that endangers millions of young girls and women worldwide. In commemoration of the International…

Speaker Mojisola Meranda Calls for Urgent Action to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation

[syncloudsoftech]

#fgm #genitalmutilation #femalegenitalmutilation #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #women #womeninbusiness #love #girlpower #selflove #motivation #womenempoweringwomen #fashion #feminism #womenpower #womeninspiringwomen #entrepreneur #feminist #selfcare #girlboss #strongwomen #inspiration #bossbabe #loveyourself #beauty #woman #empowerment #empoweringwomen #instagood #instagram (at Noida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoURAkaPo9G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cristinaburns]

“The Lost Venus” is an artwork that addresses the subject of female genital mutilations and other different forms of violence against women. In the image, one can observe, surrounded by surgical instruments, the figure of a faceless woman, whose reflection in mirrors represents all the women, adult and child alike, who every day are victims of physical and psychological violence —  inhumane and atrocious actions that mutilate body and soul. #womenphotographer #stilllifephotography #stopviolence #stopviolenceagainstwomen #femalegenitalmutilation (at Università Padova) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChealY7oipd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[buzzguinea]

Great holidays: Welcome to the horror of female genital mutilation!!! The N'Fally Cissé family has not yet found themselves after the brutal death of their daughter as a result of excision. This innocent little girl did not expect anything bad, when her father gave her a doll and other toys to spend the holidays with grandparents in their village in Kankanya, Kouroussa Prefecture. The poor one! Nor did she know that she had an appointment with death when on a Monday morning, she was delivered to the old exciser in the village, who was never able to stop the bleeding after the fatal gesture (genital mutilation). This is also the case of Lady Traoré who so far has been haunted by the memory of her ten-year-old daughter who died in the hands of an exciser last July. "When I think of this death, it hurts me especially when I see the girls of her generation." Macoura Kourouma, mother of a five-year-old boy, has lost her home. Her spouse regularly accused her of not sexually satisfying him. It is with great emotion that she tells us about her nightmare: "That's what spoiled my home. It hurts. If only I knew it was going to be like that, destroying my life." Excision is a reality in the neighborhoods of the capital and in our villages Despite the damage caused by excision, despite awareness campaigns on the ground and the measures taken, excision still has good days ahead of it. It is practiced in broad daylight in full view of everyone. The periods of the long holidays are devoted to his practice. During this period, girls and girls are transported to the village in the peripheral neighborhoods of the capital to be excised out of sight. In this month of August, we see the presence of these excised girls in families across the country. Exit ceremonies give rise to grandiose demonstrations in neighborhoods, in villages in public squares. 80% of women are mutilated in Guinea, according to a specialist in the fight against violence against women and children… Read more: https://porelivingstone22.wixsite.com/buzzguinea/post/great-holidays-welcome-to-the-horror-of-female-genital- #guineenews #femalegenitalmutilation #womanrights #girlchildempowerment https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXJ3tLjKUC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=