U.S secretary of State Hillary Clinton claims that FGM cannot be excused as an Cultural Tradition. She believes that Government and non government organizations needs to stand together and inform the people about this issues and try to stop FGM. Although she believes that cultural differences are important and must be respected she said "We cannot excuse this as a cultural tradition. There are many cultural traditions that used to exist in many parts of the world that are no longer acceptable. We cannot excuse it as a private matter because it has very broad public implications. It has no medical benefits. It is, plain and simply, a human rights violation,”. The article discusses how this issue affect not only Africa but the Middle East, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines ad other migrant communities in Western European countries. Clinton disclosed at a State Department Event that the Obama Administration will be joining the University of Nairobi to create a Pan-African Center of Excellence to promote and create strategies to end FGM for good. My question to the class in situations like these where some countries disapprove others' cultural differences is it okay for government and law to interfere with Tradition?
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