I agree that posting negative comments is not always the way to go, but when it comes to FGM I feel that there aren't a lot of positive things to post. I feel that a few years ago it was a hot button issue everywhere (including the ME) but that the issue has all but disappeared. Perhaps because so few women & men are willing to speak out against it, but rather suffer in silence. I recently posted an article about how 80% of Emirati women have had Type 1 FGM. 80%! and the Emirati's are far from uneducated backwoods tribes. These are women with college degrees, agreeing to this!
It deeply saddens me that this is still happening in this day and age, when people have been trying to stop it for almost 100 years!
I agree that posting negative comments is not always the way to go, but when it comes to FGM I feel that there aren't a lot of positive things to post. I feel that a few years ago it was a hot button issue everywhere (including the ME) but that the issue has all but disappeared. Perhaps because so few women & men are willing to speak out against it, but rather suffer in silence. I recently posted an article about how 80% of Emirati women have had Type 1 FGM. 80%! and the Emirati's are far from uneducated backwoods tribes. These are women with college degrees, agreeing to this!
It deeply saddens me that this is still happening in this day and age, when people have been trying to stop it for almost 100 years!