THE ROLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCELERATING FGM/C ABANDONMENT
TRANSCRIPT ON “THEROLEOFYOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCELERATING FGM/C ABANDONEMENT ON THURSDAY 17TH AUGUST,2017”
- Good evening.Welcome to today’s tweet conference. I am @VARCENigeria, your anchor, and my co-anchors are @cynthiaomo02 and @rayokpani…#EndCuttingGirls
- Today, we shall be focusing on the topic on “THE ROLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCELERATING FGMC ABANDONEMENT”#EndCuttingGirls
- FGM/C stands for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
4a. FGM/C refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
4b.or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-medical reasons #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
5a. The World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies FGM/C into 4 types. #endcuttinggirls. @endcuttinggirls
5b. Type 1: partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the prepuce (Clitoridectomy). #endcuttinggirls
5c.Type 2: partial or total removal of clitoris and labia minora, with or without excision of & labia majora (excision). #endcuttinggirls
5d. Type 3: narrowing the vaginal opening by appositioning labia minora or labia majora, with/without excision of clitoris (infibulation)
5e. Type 4: unclassified:all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, e.g. cauterization. #endcuttinggirls
6a. The centuries-old practice of FGM/C is a social norm, #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
6b.buttressed by underlying gender structures &power relations and deeply rooted in tradition.#EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- In Africa, FGM/C is known to be practiced among certain communities in 29 countries, including Nigeria. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- FGM/C is usually carried out by elderly people in the community (usually, but not exclusively, women) #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
8b…designated to perform this task or by traditional birth attendants#EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Where it is widely practiced, FGM/C is supported by both men and women, usually without question, #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
9b. and anyone that does not follow the norm may face condemnation, harassment and ostracism. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
10a. Where FGM/C is a social norm; it is difficult for families to abandon it without support from the wider community. #EndCuttingGirls
10b. In these communities, it is often practiced even when it is known to inflict harm upon girls #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
10c. because the perceived social benefits of the practice are deemed higher than its disadvantages. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
11a. What role can young people play in FGM/C abandonment in Nigeria? #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
11b. the role that young people plays in ending FGM/C cannot be over emphasis #EndCuttingGirls
- young people must scale up Awareness Creation in order to #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Although FGM/C was banned in Nigeria in May 2015 by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, many communities still practice this painful act. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Where cultural beliefs and societal force parents to let their girl children go through this excruciatingly painful and medically unnecessary procedure. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
15a. Young people must hhighlight the harmful health implications of FGM to parents and traditional leaders in communities where it is practiced #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
15b…… explaining that girl children who do not undergo FGM grow up to be healthy women and no less female than girls who undergo FGM/C #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people taking up this awareness creation would go a long way is changing the mindset of communities that still practice FGM/C. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- The awareness must involve all stakeholders, most importantly young people because they are predominantly affected #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- To end FGM/C young people must seek government support to sustain the campaign to #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
19a. For FGM/C to end in Nigeria in this generation, young people need the government’s support and strong political commitment to enact strict penalties for those who still practice FGM #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
19b. Though this has already begun but still need more commitment from all stakeholders #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people can lead the way in tackling development, gender, and health issues, and they can lead the way to ending the practice of FGM/C. We just need to be given the chance.
- Young people can lead the way in tackling development, gender, and health issues, and this will lead to ending the practice of FGM/C. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people must engage schools and religious leaders to #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- To end FGM/C in Nigeria, young people must engage with those who can sway communities. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people should engage with religious leaders to speak out against FGM/C. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
25a. Nigeria is made up of highly developed and diversified religious groups #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
25b. …and much religious leaders are given enormous respect and weight in Nigerian society. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Based on the respect they carry, it would be easier for religious leaders to convince parents and community leaders to stop the practice of FGM/C. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people should go directly into schools and talk to students, especially girls, about the dangers of FGM/C #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people must be strengthen to monitor and enforce abandonment FGM/C EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people must see the impact of partnering with regulatory bodies in other to #endcuttinggirls since this is another option people fall to. @endcuttinggirls
- Young people must start a discussion about the practice of FGM/C within the community.#EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Young people must call for the implementation of all laws, provisions prohibiting the practice of FGM and Support FGM survivors. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- They should educate people of the older generations and include them in the campaign to end FGM #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- It’s important to note that “There is a limit to what you can impose on communities, #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
34a. The involvement and active participation of young people in the community on EndFGM/C programme #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
34b. ….designed for the abandonment of FGM/C is very crucial to the achievement of the goal &objective of #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- Therefore in commemoration of IYD with the theme “Youth Building Peace” all hand must be on deck to #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- The statistical population of youth worldwide shows that young people possess the needed capacity to #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- and strength, energy and resolve to influence any issue in the society including the abandonment of FGM. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- As we commemorate International Youth Day, let all of us stand up for peace, as peace is the foundation for our prosperity #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- In conclusion, young people are major stakeholder in the fight against FGM/C we must all speak out for the abandonment of FGM/C and for peace #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
- We have come to the end of today twitter conference. It’s question time. #EndCuttingGirls @endcuttinggirls
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