http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/02/18/womens-rights-around-the-world/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/02/18/womens-rights-around-the-world/#comment-187522 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » FGM Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:03:32 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/02/18/womens-rights-around-the-world/#comment-187522 [...] [ In an earlier post, I wrote: Opposition to female genital mutilation (FGM) is often caricatured as a western imposition on African and Muslim cultures. In fact, as far as I can tell, everywhere in the world where FGM is practiced there are local women questioning or protesting FGM. Of course, it’s true that western feminist organizations have sometimes been ham- handed; but it’s not true that opposing FGM is just a Western thing [...] […] [ In an earlier post, I wrote: Opposition to female genital mutilation (FGM) is often caricatured as a western imposition on African and Muslim cultures. In fact, as far as I can tell, everywhere in the world where FGM is practiced there are local women questioning or protesting FGM. Of course, it’s true that western feminist organizations have sometimes been ham- handed; but it’s not true that opposing FGM is just a Western thing […]

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