Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya: Lessons Learnt from Gikuyu Women Change Stories” in African Journal of Gender and Women Studies

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dc.contributor.authorWamue-Ngare, Grace
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-17T12:17:37Z
dc.date.available2022-01-17T12:17:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.descriptionresearch paper in African Journal of Gender and Women Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM) has widely been practiced across Africa. The Gikuyu considered the rite of passage central in transforming girls into women and it stood at the epicentre of the Christian missionaries’ and Gikuyu nationals’ controversy in 1920-1930. However, from early 1970s, it started declining. Through oral change stories from heroic women, this paper documents social transformation models and processes of change. It picks the socio-cultural and economic domains of transformation and thus develops a Theory of Change Model, which is hoped to be transposed to other communities that continue practicing FGM. The TOC model is perceived to supersede legal and policy frameworks in addressing the notorious practice in Kenya.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLeicester University, Institute of Advanced Studies ( LIAS) for the opportunity of a Fellowship, which provided financial support, a small grant for research assistants, office space and facilities to enable the writing of this worken_US
dc.identifier.citationWamue-Ngare, G. (2019). Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya: Lessons Learnt from Gikuyu Women Change Stories. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN, 4(10), 001-013.en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2516-9831
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23104
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Gender and Women Studiesen_US
dc.subjectFemale genital mutilationen_US
dc.subjectGikuyuen_US
dc.subjectrite of passageen_US
dc.subjectparadigm shiften_US
dc.subjecttheory of changeen_US
dc.titleEradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya: Lessons Learnt from Gikuyu Women Change Stories” in African Journal of Gender and Women Studiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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