Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Norway: Somalis support female circumcision

Many Somali women who have arrived in Norway recently defend female circumcision and their reasoning is more and more often taking a religious character

Minister of Children and Equality Affairs Karita Bekkemellem says that this group is not informed enough about health and Norwegian law.

Source: Aftenposten (Norwegian)

See also: Norway: Possibly 50% parents continue female circumcision tradition