dc.contributor.author | Nkumbuku, Luke M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-28T13:46:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-28T13:46:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Studies | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/41858 | |
dc.description | A thesis presented in partial fulfillment for the award of
Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Studies of the Institute
of African Studies:
University of Nairobi | en |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to establish whether men play any role in influencing women
undergo clitoridectomy,a cultural practice that has persisted in Meru despite massive
campaign against it by various women leaders and non governmental organizations. For
example, the surgical operation and the associated rituals have been regarded as harmful
to the physical and psychological well being of the initiates. However, more and more
girls and young women are still circumcised in Tharaka and Nyambene areas ofMeru.
One of the aims of this study was to determine whether women just decide to be
mutilated or whether they are forced by circumstances to undergo this rite. It was also
important too determine whether men treat circumcised women equally with those
uncircumcised. The study also looked at what forces had sustained female circumcision
despite high level of Christianity in Meru. The impact of the ban and the sensitization
campaigns that have been launched in Meru North and Tharaka districts was also
examined.
What is presented in this dissertation is therefore a critical look and analysis of those
factors that make men force women to be circumcised among the Meru community. The
study aims to contribute to an issue at Kenya's women and forward looking men concern
and policy makers as regards female genital mutilation.
Although the government of Kenya has banned female circumcision, the fight against this
vice has been entirely left to women, who are fighting a losing battle. The study aims to
bring a new dimension to this war that is making men say no to female circumcision
because they are the force behind it. Since men are the overall decision-makers when it
comes to family matters, they are likely to be effective against the war on female
circumcision if they are properly sensitized.
By addressing the role played by men in female circumcision, this paper aims at
educating the men on the dangers of perpetuating a cultural practice that has been
overtaken by events and that is destructive to their beloved one's. The study was pursued
through an in-depth examination of female circumcision among the Meru living on the
Eastern slopes of Mt.Kenya. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | The role played by men in influencing female circumcision among the Meru of Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Institute of African Studies | en |