スペインのアフリカ女性でクリトリス削除を受けた女性を援助
“La ablación no está escrita en ningún sitio, ni en el Corán”
Fátima Djarra ejerce como mediadora con familias africanas para ayudar a las mujeres mutiladas y evitar que la práctica perdure otra generación
Marta Castro Madrid 6 FEB 2013 - 10:19 CET
"Ablation is not written anywhere, neither in the Koran"
Djarra Fatima serves as mediator in African families to help women mutilated and prevent another generation lasts practice
Marta Castro Madrid 6 FEB 2013 - 10:19 CET
Djarra Fatima's life is one of those that serve to fill a book, one of those fat Byzantine style, but without the frivolous tone. Born in the capital Bissau Guineea 44 years ago. In 2004 her husband died and she left his official post in the country to undertake the trip to Europe. His first destination was Brussels, where he lived for a year. Then he met Bilbao, where his sister lived, and did not move it from there. He liked the city.
It was then that he began to get involved with women's associations, to share experiences with women who, like her, had undergone ablation. MdM started years ago a campaign for African women themselves were to speak of the mutilation and enrolled Djarra to pry. "The mediators are fundamental," he says, "speak the same language, both verbal and nonverbal."
Interestingly, Djarra recalls his mutilation with good times: "We went into the forest about 300 girls were alone, but dance and sing ... then came the difficulty." What in your culture is called into "the secret society of women."
Therefore defends his mission. You can help other women because she has experienced the same. In his family, as in many others, the mutilation was beneficial. His own aunt performed. Today, his nieces have not gone through that trance. Things are changing in Africa. "People no longer believe that your daughter is getting married if not mutilas".
Djarra know that talking about these issues with other women is very difficult. What happens in the woods stays in the woods and no one speaks out of there. "We have been educated not to suffer." Even so, for He has made more than 300 women in many African ethnic groups from 19 countries. Recognizes that the present generation is still in danger, culture shock and pressure that families have when traveling to their countries. "So we explained that in Spain is illegal, and we compare the laws of each country."
"There are still African shield to defend genital mutilation that puts the Koran or tradition, but it is not true, it is not written anywhere," he explains. To those people who still defend this practice, Djarra advised to look at women and think of their welfare. He reminds them that many die from bleeding or delivery or living with psychological scars all her life.
Another function is to train more mediators. Currently there are about 12 MdM linked throughout Spain. A project which began in Barcelona in 2004. Mediating role also involves Spanish society. "People sometimes judge Africans and their culture lightly, not knowing what is behind.'s Not easy to eradicate something that has been a sacred rite."
However, this woman fighter remains high hope. He believes that soon people will be shocked with what their ancestors did. For that, he insists, "it is necessary that awareness comes to school and health in Africa, and NGOs are helping a lot in this process."
This Thursday, Fatima Djarra be in Madrid to share their experience in the second international conference on female genital mutilation, organized by the Union of Family Associations and World Cooperating. A forum of experts to avoid in the near future the chilling figure of 140 million women live with this stigma.
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