FGM is defined by the World Health Organization as any procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to the female genital organ for non-medical reasons. Female Genital Mutilation is a criminal act performed on young women in 29 countries of Africa and the Middle East. Most of the countries around
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Halloween is a day famed for the festivity and celebration of the otherworldly beings of our dreams and nightmares. Children are dressed up in costumes and parade their neighborhood streets for candy in the company of their friends and family. Halloween, from a child’s perspective, is a day of good
Nestled within San Diego’s suburbia is a real-life horror house where people are pushed to their emotional and physical breaking point through hours of torture. The catch? There’s a 27,000 person waiting list to go through this “once in a lifetime experience.” Don’t you want to be tied, beaten, forced
In China, if you want to get the business from other people, or you want to have a good relationship with your boss. You may need to drink much alcoholic drinks to show your sincerity, and it also means you are respecting people who have dinner with you. It lead
Sometimes by hearing and seeing something it can influence people to act a certain way. Specially when some people and popular media refer to alcohol and drugs. Today’s motion media portrays people getting out of control by showing them drunk, and drugged. Some well known movies with alike situations are
What is more important, culture or law? Would you rather stick to the law and be an outsider in your culture or break a law and be accepted among your culture? Everyone has a cultural lens of their own that they use to view the world. A huge issue arises
UCSD had been shutting down avenues for art over the years. First they closed down the crafts center in 2012 due to budget cuts. After that they closed graffiti hall, then attempted to shut down Che Cafe and the university art gallery. Despite numerous protests from students, the art avenues
Everyone has seen the iconic red London telephone booth, whether in pictures, movies, or in London itself. They are such a statement piece in London culture. But where did the inspiration come from to create the booth? The answer lies in the tomb of Eliza Soane, the wife of famous
This is a website that expresses culture and Crime by posing as feminist masked avengers in the traditional do-gooders like Robin-hood, and wonder woman. They do appearances worldwide, they perform to an audience on how they express their beliefs through books, posters and performances about their actions about discrimination in