2023Unpublished venueOpen access

Research Note on a Grassroots Movement to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Among Kenyan Maasai

Manami Hayashi

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The MaasaiMaasai, (Masai) are pastoralistsPastoralists who live in northern Tanzania and western KenyaKenya. In Maasai culture, boys and girls undergo “circumcision,” called emurata in Maa, as rites of passage into adulthood when they reach about 15 years of age.

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The MaasaiMaasai, (Masai) are pastoralistsPastoralists who live in northern Tanzania and western KenyaKenya. In Maasai culture, boys and girls undergo “circumcision,” called emurata in Maa, as rites of passage into adulthood when they reach about 15 years of age.

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The MaasaiMaasai, (Masai) are pastoralistsPastoralists who live in northern Tanzania and western KenyaKenya. In Maasai culture, boys and girls undergo “circumcision,” called emurata in Maa, as rites of passage into adulthood when they reach about 15 years of age.

Key concepts: Maasai, Kenya, Grassroots, Tanzania, Geography, Gender studies, Medicine, Demography

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