Horror operations based on church doctrine, abuse, neglect. Ireland escapes criticism and largely ignores the victims. In recent months there has been a welter of reports about the horror
of FGM, or female genital mutilation. The health service in the UK, for
instance, is having to deal with thousands of cases, but because FGM is
‘cultural’ politicians don’t appear to be able to do much to wipe it
out.
While FGM has become a real cause of concern in the UK – the former foreign secretary William Hague was particularly personally interested in it – nobody ever said a thing about a practice carried out for many, many years in Ireland which is only now being regarded as a similar human rights violation.
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/europe/irelands-shocking-record-womens-rights
While FGM has become a real cause of concern in the UK – the former foreign secretary William Hague was particularly personally interested in it – nobody ever said a thing about a practice carried out for many, many years in Ireland which is only now being regarded as a similar human rights violation.
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/europe/irelands-shocking-record-womens-rights