Suntou,
I am not an expert on this but medical experts argue that while 
circumcision on males may have some health benefits such as reduce 
chances of contracting STDs like HIV /AIDS it can have devastating 
effects women's reproductive health. The following links may help as an 
intro to the subject although Ylva and other notable G-Lers can help 
with expert opinion of Gambian FMG.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np18/en/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr30/en/


Malanding



Suntou Touray wrote:

>what about male circumcission or mutelation ? or are we waiting for a word to 
>be corned at that effect . how many gambian women have we encountered 
>complaining about the horrows of being circumcissed ? in high schools ,work 
>places ,colleges ,market places etc ?  let us not get carried away by some 
>rethorics . even surgical operations have its down sides . 
>pain is natural to man as living is .so we should also advocate for a stop to 
>child birth ,since that is more painful than circumcission .
>the matter should be debated on a choose level not vament use of demonic 
>words .improvement of personal hygine and well train nurses to conduct the 
>exercise for those who wish to practise it. it is never a force to any body's 
>daughter .the parents most be willing or else it is not perform on their child.
>i am surprise at mr jallow's case.
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