Female Genital Mutilation: A Child Right Or Cultural Imperialism

ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision (FC) is to some people in the society, a barbaric practice while to others it is a custom and a respectable cultural practice. There have been several municipal and international laws enacted over the years in furtherance of the quest to abolish the practice of FGM as it is asserted to be harmful to the health of the girl child. However, there are similar practices in the Western World that are not regarded as barbaric or harmful to the health of those who are subjected to it. The determinant question in this era is this, is the c…