INTRODUCTION - Lotte Hughes, Mark Lamont, Katy Newell-Jones, Damaris Parsitau CONTEXT AND WIDER DISCOURSES 1. FGM/C in International Agenda(s): An Historical Overview - Marta Patrício 2. Challenging the Passe-Partout Words of the FGM/C Discourse as 'Harmful Traditional Practices'. A Critical Anthropological Analysis of Dislocations - Michela Fusaschi 3. Mothers, Boys' Circumcisions, and a New Politics of Bodily Integrity in Kenya - Mark Lamont 4. Association between FGM/C and Religion in the African Context - Shannon Thomson and Sean Callaghan LESSONS FROM THE GRASSROOTS 5. The Role of Community-Based Research in FGM/C Programming in Somaliland - Amal Ahmad and Katy Newell-Jones 6. Tackling FGM/C in Rural Communities in Guinea Conakry: A Case Report from Kankan - Els Leye, Bintou Mady Kaba, Abdoulaye Kaba, Jessica Tatout and Anneke Vercoutere 7.
Assessing Strategies for FGM/C Elimination in Sudan: A Proposed Model for Promoting Behaviour Change - Nada Alassad FGM/C IN THE DIASPORA 8. Responding to FGC/M in the UK African Diaspora: Prioritising Criminalisation Over Care - Magda Mogilnicka, Natasha Carver, Saffron Karlsen and Hannelore Van Bavel 9. On Clitoral Restoration in Survivors' Words - Tobe Levin Freifrau von Gleichen 10. Colonial Legacies, Double Standards, and Dilemmas in Defining Female Genital Modifications in Kenya, Egypt, and The Netherlands - Hannelore Van Bavel, Nina Eekert and Samuel Kimani THE LAW: THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST CRIMINALISATION 11. FGM/C is a Crime: An Analysis of the Adoption, Implementation, and Efficacy of Legislation in Addressing FGM/C in Africa - Kirigo Njenga 12. Why has Female Circumcision Refused to Die in Kenya? - Tatu Kamau ALTERNATIVE RITUALS 13. Strengths and Weakness of the Community-Led Alternatives Rites of Passage Approach in Kajiado, Kenya - Hilke Conradi, David Kawai, Bernard Mbogo, Samuel Muhula and Eefje Smet. 14.
What's Culture Got to do with it? Some Problems with the Uses of Culture in Alternative Rites of Passage - Lotte Hughes AFTERWORD: Listen, Discuss, and Pitch a Large Tent - Ellen Gruenbaum Appendix - Critical Questions for Individual and/or Group Study Bibliography Index.