The ongoing Political Musings of a former (now Stray) Yellar Dawg Dem.
***Warning***
This is a Feminist Blog, in the tradition of Susan B. Anthony.
"Just Tell Them...
I have worked 40 years to make the Women's Suffrage platform broad enough for Atheists and Agnostics to stand upon, and now if need be I will fight the next 40 to keep it Catholic enough to permit the straightest Orthodox religionist to speak or pray and count her beads upon."
Susan B. Anthony
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Brave Kenyan Women Refusing Genital Mutilation: Video
Thanks for the video, it is very inspiring to see these young girls, fighting/advocating for themselves and others too against FMG. The video makes one tear up, but it inspires and leaves one with hope...
With maternal deaths on the rise and lack of health care in the rural areas, it seems inhumane to cut girls, not to mention the fact that the tradition is based on the basis of controlling women and abusing them. The films that I have seen have literally been torture, leaving some girls infertile, leaving others with urinary infections, damaged bladders and leaving some dead.
In "real life" Dawg is a mom, a nurse, a pet rescuer and a tireless advocate for animal rights.
Dawg is happily married for thirty years and has raised three awesome children. She holds an advanced degree in Family Science, wherein her research was focused on women's support circles during parturition. Her dedication to Women's Rights is directly affected by her belief that motherhood should not be a sentence to isolation and disenfranchisement.
Dawg is on hiatus from political bloggery d/t the intense demands of her engagement in the No Kill movement at this time. However, she remains influenced by PUMA politics and reads the blogs of her fellow PUMAs (at right) regularly.
SYD,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the video, it is very inspiring to see these young girls, fighting/advocating for themselves and others too against FMG. The video makes one tear up, but it inspires and leaves one with hope...
With maternal deaths on the rise and lack of health care in the rural areas, it seems inhumane to cut girls, not to mention the fact that the tradition is based on the basis of controlling women and abusing them. The films that I have seen have literally been torture, leaving some girls infertile, leaving others with urinary infections, damaged bladders and leaving some dead.
Thanks again for relaying the information.
Woman Voter