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Research Article

Female Genital Mutilation: From the Life Story of Girls in Remote Villages in Pokot County, Kenya

Amal K Halder*, Shiuli Das and Golam Dostogir Harun

Freelance Service Provider and Daffodil University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author:
Amal K Halder
Freelance Service Provider and Daffodil University, Dhaka
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E-mail: amalkrishna.halder@gmail.com

Received Date: June 23, 2015 Accepted Date: August 28, 2015 Published Date: September 03, 2015

Citation: Halder AK, Das S, Harun GD (2015) Female Genital Mutilation: From the Life Story of Girls in Remote Villages in Pokot County, Kenya. J Child Adolesc Behav 3:237. doi:10.4172/2375-4494.1000237

Copyright: © 2015 Halder AK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Objective: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has highest prevalence in African countries. The objective of this qualitative study was to describe the situation of FGM/C victims in Pokot County, located in a remote area of northwest Kenya. Methods: In September 2009, the study team conducted key informant interviews, visited girls at communities and a rescue centre and, conducted group discussion with the girls at rescue centre. Results: FGM/C was common and popular among the Pokot community mainly because the event brings the social recognition of an adolescent or adult female to become eligible for her marriage. Although the hazardous FGM/C practices encompassed many health dangers as witnessed by the Pokot community girls/women, the Pokot community fought to maintain the custom as because it represented prestige and identity, which was their duty and responsibility to maintain. Conclusion: FGM/C was still common in Kenyan Pokot communities, although efforts from the development agencies and government acts kept working against those harmful practices. The Kenyan government's act of prohibition against FGM/C was not being enforced.

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