Events
what's happening where?SISTER FA & Band
Benefit Concert against Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal
- artist: SISTER FA & Band
- event type: Concert
- start date type: 10 Oct 2007
- end date: 10 Oct 2007
- time: 6pm
- city/area: Berlin
- venue: SURPRISE
- country: Germany
- style(s): Hip Hop Rap
- event submitted by: Ahoi
In some parts of African villiges thousands of joung girls can be genital mutilated if we do nothing against it.
SISTER FA invite to big campagne in several places in Senegal with concerts in Dec 2007 Activities in Mbour, Dakar, Kaolack, Ziguinchor - SENEGAL
A project to raise awareness among teenagers and adults with support of art:
Concerts & dance (traditional & break dance)
film shows: Molaade by Ousmane Sembene, Dabla excision by Erica Pomerance, Dunia by Jocelyne Saab
Workshops: Cultural center Blaise Senghor and Cultural Center Douta Seck/ Dakar
Casamance is a region in southern Senegal. For 27 years it was affected by an internal political conflict. The goverment is trying without success to reestablish the peace, and the problems its women are facing are beyond the country's capacity to solve. In this region, in which agriculture is the main activity, women play a significant role in the development of the countryside through trade, field work and the processing of certain products. That is why the women are often in the woods, where they are often followed and raped by evildoers.
In addition to all of this comes the genital mutilation. The circumstances under which these operations are done also have consequences for the entire village: the absence of sterile utensils and the contact with blood carry with them the danger of contamination. The women who mutilate the genitals almost always use the same blades and knives as well as the same tubs of water in which the previously mutilated girls were sitting. Concerning the girls who have not been mutilated: they will be socially ostracized. They will not be allowed to participate in any village festivals or dances. And even worse, they won't be able to marry within the village.
The country has made some progress in that it has forbidden these practices. This prohibition, however, opens the door to illegal actions: now the women hide in the woods; they don't dare anymore to bring the mutilated girls to the hospital should they become infected, because they are afraid of infecting themselves with AIDS. Fighting against genital mutilation is less risk to get AIDS for women who are the most affected.
