1. Background and history

This book comprises a collection of narratives by people whose lives have been touched by female genital mutilation (FMG), across five continents.

In 'Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States', Sarah Rodriguez presents an engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, reve

To the Western eye, there is something jarringly incongruous, even shocking, about the image of a six-year-old girl being held down by loving relatives so that

Only from such models is it fully possible to explore such issues as the rights of women and of children, of the part which the well-being of women plays in the