Jakarta issued a 2010 regulation allowing “scraping the clitoral hood, without injuring the clitoris” — a practice that is nevertheless defined by the WHO as mutilation — while criminalizing more severe procedures.
"I’m happy. My daughter is now clean"
“This is not right,” the physician said. “When the parents found out he can’t do the circumcisions, they were very upset.”
"Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population, argues that this form of circumcision is largely symbolic, not harmful and should not be seen as mutilation."
"Indonesia says genital cutting does not take place and that it has worked to eradicate other more extreme circumcisions as it seeks compromise between conforming with international standards and placating cultural and religious traditions. It banned female circumcision in 2006 but backtracked in 2010, arguing many parents were still having their daughters circumcised, often by unskilled traditional doctors who often botched the procedure."
"Jakarta issued a 2010 regulation allowing “scraping the clitoral hood, without injuring the clitoris” — a practice that is nevertheless defined by the WHO as mutilation — while criminalizing more severe procedures."
Alles sauberer, alles schöner, alles unkompliziert und besser.
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