| Copyrighted Image - Image is from copyrighted website - latimes.com () Copyrighted Image? DMCA | At the first State Department event marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that there is no cultural justification for female genital mutilation/cutting. A couple of weeks ago, I reported on a new UN report, which found that FGM/C is on the decline in Africa. This conversation always elicits complicated arguments about cultural sovereignty and in her remarks, Secretary Clinton came down on one side of the issue. "We cannot excuse this as a cultural tradition. There are many cultural traditions that used to exist in many parts of the world that are no longer acceptable. We cannot excuse it as a private matter because it has very broad public implications. It has no medical benefits. It is, plain and simply, a human rights violation." |
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