Eritrea bans female genital mutilation

CNN Website:- http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/05/eritrea.circumcision.reut/index.html

It is indeed heartening to know that even third-world countries in Africa have finally awoken to the calls for female rights. Although it might not mean much in a struggle for female rights in Africa, the banning of female genital mutilation in Eritrea already sends a message out that females are to be respected and that even sacred traditional rituals that violate a lady have to be abolished as the region looks to catchup with the rest of the world.

Females are in third-world countries are constantly marginalised and are often seen as lower beings compared to the men. However, all that is about to change and the passing of this particular law says it all.

The struggle for sexual equality may not have been this bad in other parts of the world, but females all over the world had to endure hardship and suffering before the finally found equality with their male counterparts. With the ban on female genital mutilation being imposed, Eritrean women no longer have to worry about the dangers that this "ritual" pose. However, I still suspect that some tribes will disregard the law and continue carrying out this life-threatening ritual that many African women are subjected to. It still remains to be seen if the authorities who have passed this law will uphold it by doing the necessary follow up to make sure that no one flouts the law and force women into going through what is indeed a cruel and painful ritual.