The Practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau: A Local Knowledge Approach

ISBN-13: 9783659260414 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 76 str.

Balde Aua

Opis

The practice of Fanadu "female circumcision" is a human rights violation that affects almost 50% of the womens in Guinea-Bissau, despite wide range of national and international human rights norms that grant womens right to health and bodily integrity. Nearly 30 years of worldwide campaigns to end the practice - which has resulted in high success rates in neighboring countries such as Senegal - seems not to affect the trends and high incidence rates of the practice in Guinea-Bissau. The book uncovers the reasons for this deeply rooted traditional practice in the specific context of Guinea-Bissau and its linkages to ethnicity, religion and culture. It alerts to the perils of copy-past approaches and suggests the adoption of policies and action plans that takes into account the specific context and dynamics in the country as a way of ensuring long-lasting and successful solutions to the practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau.

O autorze

Aua Balde is a lawyer who has practiced law in Guinea-Bissau and Portugal. She is currently working at UNOCI. Aua holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School [HLS]. While at HLS she was awarded Henigson Human Rights Fellowship, which allowed her to work on the implementation of human rights norms in southern Senegal with the NGO Tostan.