Does local resistance impact the transnational normative environment? The case of female genital mutilation (FGM)
HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-22, 2022 (SSCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2129644
- Dergi Adı: HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-22
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
More than 200 million girls and women today are estimated to have gone through female genital mutilation (FGM). In this study, I make a novel contribution to the global literature on FGM by examining domestic resistance to the anti-FGM norm in the context of norm diffusion processes. I provide a novel theoretical perspective to the study of FGM by introducing a compromise-building approach. According to this approach, strong local resistance to a transnational norm that obligates the removal of harmful traditional practices might motivate some transnational norm advocates to support a compromise solution to minimize harm, leading to normative contestation in the transnational domain. This approach is illustrated by the rise of advocacy for medicalized and minor forms of FGM as a harm reduction strategy as a result of the continuation of traditional forms of FGM. The compromise-building approach also brings a new theoretical perspective to the literature on norm diffusion.