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QUESTION 3

How have the issues of diaspora and asylum confounded the perception of genital cuttings? Describe using 400 words

Answer 1

female genital cutting taking place in diaspora communities around the world is a common and embrassing thing , including in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Diaspora communities range in scale and size, but maintain their common traditions with their parent communities. In some cases, practices such as female genital cutting may be not only maintained but reinforced by the migration. Equally, abandonment of the tradition in communities where the practice originated is often dependent on acceptance of that abandonment by the diaspora. Although often far away, the influence of community members who have emigrated can be a persuasive factor.Though it's illegal in many countries but united nations General assembly is still lagging.

18,500 of the 25,855 women and girls from FGM-practising countries seeking asylum in the EU in the first three quarters of 2014 may have been survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM), translating into an estimated 71% prevalence rate of FGM in EU asylum systems. The main countries of origin for these women and girls include Eritrea, Nigeria, Somalia, Guinea and Ethiopia, most of which have persistently high prevalence rates for FGM.Asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs) are a heterogeneous population with distinct physical and psychological needs. ASRs with additional health needs are girls and women who have undergone, or are at risk of undergoing, female genital mutilation (FGM). Across the European Union (EU), variation exists in Member States’ anti-FGM and asylum legislation, the rigour of existing research programmes, and the operational coherence of the multiple agencies combating the practice.