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ENDING FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING: CHALLENGES WITH CURRENT COMMUNICATION APPROACHES (Adapted from Portland State University College of Urban and Public Affairs’ You Can Get There from Here, April 2008) 10
Health Approach Often, as activists, we focus on pointing out the negative consequences of FGC - particularly the negative health consequences. We believe this is sufficient to motivate people to act against FGC. But is it really sufficient? During the 1960s and ’70s, women’s groups in many African nations held awareness campaigns about the harmful effects of FGC. Moreover, doctors in Nigeria, Sudan and Somalia began reporting in medical journals about the harmful consequences of FGC, thus beginning intervention strategies to end FGC using a health approach. This approach discusses medical complications (such as severe pain and bleeding, chronic infections, infertility, pregnancy problems, and pain during sexual intercourse) as a persuasion tactic against FGC. The approach is based on the belief that all communities recognize the wish for good health. Many consider it an important approach for communities that believe FGC has medical benefits. But campaigns using the health approach come with their own challenges: 11
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Why Communication
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