The power structure in the perpetuation of female genital cutting in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12498993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Youngeun Nam (0000-0003-4481-9803, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author), Young Eun Nam (Department of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 128-139 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1225-9276 • E-ISSN: 2377-004X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/12259276.2018.1424701 |
| OpenAlex | W2793806966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
Female Genital Cutting (henceforth referred to as FGC) or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a widely-practiced form of gendered violence in 28 countries across Africa, with considerable variation in prevalence by country. The intersecting collaboration of both local and international movements in Kenya led to the enactment of the “Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act” (Anti-FGM Act) in 2011. The Kenyan government was also the first to establish a semi-autonomous agency, “The Anti-FGM Board,” to advocate against FGC while empowering women. Despite these positive changes, the enforcement of the Act remains to be a challenge in rural locations in Kenya. The hegemonic structural inequality of women’s social networks pressures girls to undergo FGC. This qualitative study, as a part of an initiative for producing a documentary film in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia in 2010, investigates the prominent role of women’s internal networks for perpetuating FGC. The second round of the qualitative study was conducted in 2017 in Kenya. This paper seeks to show how the power dynamics of women’s networks is crucial and contributes to articulating more effective approaches to understand the practice in the case of Kenya
Agency (philosophy · Economic growth · Enforcement · Female circumcision · Government (linguistics · Hegemony · Inequality · Kenya · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Qualitative research · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Structural inequality · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Genital Health and Disease · Law · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |