By Gerald Businge on July 29, 2010
Court Declares Female Circumcision unconstitutional, female circumcision in Uganda, fight against FGM, Uganda Constitutional Court
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Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Thursday declared the practice of female circumcision also known as Female Genital Mutilation as unconstitutional, contending that it abuses the fundamental rights of women. In a ruling that would have been declared as landmark one had the parliament of Uganda not passed a law banning FGM recently, the five justices of […]
By Gerald Businge on July 22, 2010
banning female circumcision, female circumcision in Uganda, Female Genital Mutilation banning, Minister Rukia Nakadama
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The Minister of Uganda for Gender and Culture, Rukia Nakadama has urged UN member states to ban female genital mutilation at the forth coming gender assembly in September this year. In Uganda female genital mutilation is widely practiced by the Sebei and some Karimojongs. She also urges African Union member states sitting in Kampala this […]
