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Berhane Ras-Work Quotes

born 1940 Ethiopia

Berhane Ras-Work (born c.1940) is an Ethiopian anti-FGM activist. She was the founding President of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC).

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A woman who is not healthy cannot contribute to the development of her country.

Law by itself is not enough. You have to have the mechanism for implementation.

FGM and prevention of harmful traditional practices can be incorporated into all of these programmes that are designed to bring about the full participation of women in Africa’s development.

The underlying factor is of course the economic vulnerability of women, the subordinate status attributed to women, ignorance about their bodies, the functions of their bodies, and ignorance of their rights.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Berhane Ras-Work (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.