The dawoodi bohra muslim sect practices the ritual of female circumcision, called female genital mutilation in a march 8, 2024, u.n. So little was known, until recently, about the secretive practice of fgm in a small muslim community that india is not even on the un’s list of fgm countries. It contends that fgm violates the.
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This article investigates the legal and constitutional ramifications of female genital mutilation (fgm) in india, with a focus on the dawoodi bohra group. It’s not just being practised in tribal societies. The cruel practice of female genital cutting or female genital mutilation (fgm) is not happening only in far away africa.
It is important to develop a legislation for india which can comprehensively define fgm (in line with who’s definition), incorporate provisions penalizing medical practitioners.
Aarefa johari was 7 years old when she was taken by her mother to a decrepit building in the back alleys of bhendi bazaar, an old market area in mumbai. Female genital mutilation (fgm) is a cultural practice that occurs in several cultures and is practised in india by some islamic groups. [1] the dawoodi bohra is one sect of islam in india.
