Reflections on human righits and cultural geography: the case of female genital mutilation

Abstract

Since it was created in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has guaranteed many essential rights for humanity, even if the document conflicts with itself. The obtective of this work is to reflect on the dialogue that exists between Human Rights and cultural Geography and for that reflection the specific case of female genital mutilation is emphasized. Is brouught the aproach Female Genital Mutilation, a very old practice, still practiced today, mainly in the African continent, there are reports also in countries in the European continent, Latin America, among others. Some reflections on human rights and cultural geography will be addressed, bringing the specific case of female genital mutilation. As for the methodology, it is a qualitative research, with exploratory objectives, with bibliographic procedures based on readings of articles and books and ethnographic, as it is the specific case of a group. The text brings as main theoretical references, Harvey (2004), Palhares and Squinca (2013) and Gomes et al (2018).