@article{ref1,
title="From health to human rights: Female genital cutting and the politics of intervention",
journal="American anthropologist",
year="2008",
author="Shell-Duncan, Bettina",
volume="110",
number="2",
pages="225-236",
abstract="The international campaign to eliminate female genital cutting (FGC) has, since the early 1990s, actively attempted to divorce itself from a health framework, adopting instead a human rights framework to justify intervention. Several key questions emerge regarding the prominent placement of FGC in the international human rights movement: What are the ramifications of framing FGC as a human rights violation? What actions are mandated by a human rights approach? What perils and pitfalls potentially arise from the adoption of a rights-based framework, and how might they be avoided? In exploring these questions it becomes clear that, although a human rights approach is promising, careful deliberation is required to develop action strategies that offer both protection and respect for the culture and autonomy of those women and families concerned.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-7294",
doi="10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00028.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00028.x"
}