Ukusokwa kwabesifazane wukukhipha ingxenye noma okuphelele kwesitho sangasese sangaphandle ngaphandle kwesidingo sezempilo sokwenza kanjalo.
Cishe amantombazane nabesifazane abayizigidi ezingu-200 abahlala emhlabeni manje sebethole inqubo ebuhlungu kakhulu yokusokwa kwabesifazane, ebizwa nangokuthi i-infibulation.
Ukusokwa kwabesifazane wukukhipha ingxenye noma okuphelele kwesitho sangasese sangaphandle ngaphandle kwesidingo sezempilo sokwenza lokho. Lokhu kuhlinzwa kuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi “ukucwiywa kwezitho zangasese zabesifazane” kanye “Nokwehliswa kwabesifazane” (FGM).
Umongo wokuhlinzwa ukuthi i-labia majora ifakwe i-sutured ngendlela yokuthi kusele imbobo encane, okunzima ukudlula umchamo negazi lokuya esikhathini.
Kulokhu, i-clitoris kanye ne-labia yangaphandle ivame ukunqunywa ngokuphelele, kanti i-labia yangaphakathi ingxenye. Ngenxa yokujula okujulile okwenziwe phakathi nokuhlinzwa, kwakheka isibazi esibonakalayo ngemva kokuphulukiswa, empeleni esivala ngokuphelele i-vulva.
I-infibulation kuthiwa iyindlela ekahle yokugcina ubuntombi bentombazane ize ishade, kodwa kudinga okunye ukuhlinzwa ngemva kweminyaka yokushada ukuze ikwazi ukuya ocansini.
Abanye abantu banomkhuba wokuthi ngobusuku bomshado indoda ithathe ummese isike ngawo umkayo, bese ilala naye. Ngemva kokukhulelwa, iyathungwa futhi.
Uma sekuyisikhathi sokuba owesifazane abelethe, indawo yesitho sangasese sowesifazane iyasikwa iphinde ivuleke ukuze umntwana aphume, bese kuthi ngemva kokubeletha athungwe abuyele phezulu.
Ngokuvamile, ukungenelela okunjalo kubuhlungu kakhulu kwabesifazane. Njengoba zonke zenziwa ngaphandle kokubulala izinzwa, abesifazane abatetayo balahlekelwa ukwazi ngenxa yobuhlungu.
Ukufa ngenxa yezinkinga akuvamile. Izinsimbi azibulawanga amagciwane, ngakho-ke amathuba okuba ne-tetanus nezinye izifo ayanda. Kwesinye isikhathi lobu buqaba buholela ekungazali.
Izizathu zokwenza i-FGM ziyehluka ngokwezifunda, ziyashintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi ziyinhlanganisela yezici zezenhlalo namasiko eziqondene ngqo nemindeni nemiphakathi.
Ngokuvamile, lo mkhuba ulungisiswa yizizathu ezilandelayo ezivame kakhulu:
• Ezindaweni lapho umkhuba onjalo uyingxenye yamasiko, izikhuthazo zokuqhubeka kwawo ukucindezela komphakathi kanye nokwesaba ukwaliwa umphakathi. Kweminye imiphakathi ukucwiywa kwabesifazane cishe kuyimpoqo futhi isidingo sakho asiphikiswa
• Lokhu kuhlinzwa kuvame ukubhekwa njengengxenye edingekayo yokukhulisa intombazane kanye nendlela yokuyilungiselela ukuba ibe mdala nokushada.
• Imvamisa izisusa zokwenza lokhu kuhlinza kuba yimibono ngokuziphatha okufanele kwezocansi. Inhloso yokuhlinza ukuqinisekisa ukugcinwa kobuntombi ngaphambi komshado.
• Emiphakathini eminingi, umkhuba wokucwiywa kwezitho zangasese kukholakala ukuthi usiza ukucindezela i-libido futhi ngaleyo ndlela ubasize ukuba bamelane nocansi ngaphandle komshado.
• Umkhuba wokucwiywa kwezitho zangasese zabesifazane uhlotshaniswa nezimiso zesiko lobufazi nesizotha lapho amantombazane ehlanzekile futhi emuhle.
• Nakuba imibhalo yenkolo ingakhulumi ngemikhuba enjalo, labo abenza imisebenzi enjalo ngokuvamile bakholelwa ukuthi inkolo iyawusekela lo mkhuba.
Emiphakathini eminingi, lo mkhuba uthathwa njengesiko lamasiko, elivame ukusetshenziswa njengengxabano yokuqhubeka kwalo.
I-FGM ayinazo izinzuzo zezempilo futhi ingaholela ezinkingeni ezinkulu, zesikhathi eside ngisho nokufa. Izingozi zempilo ezisheshayo zihlanganisa ukopha, ukushaqeka, ukutheleleka, ukudluliselwa kwe-HIV, ukugcinwa komchamo kanye nobuhlungu obukhulu.
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