Indigenous empowerment of Tausug women in the practice of female agency and choice on female circumcision

Paiso, Sherminaylah S.

dc.contributor.author	Paiso, Sherminaylah S.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-11T01:54:33Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-11T01:54:33Z
dc.date.issued	2019-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.cas.upm.edu.ph:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/737
dc.description.sponsorship	Despite international criticism for female genital mutilation (FGM), Tausug women in the Philippines continue to practice and value a localized form referred to as Pag-Islam/Pag-Sunnat. This study tackles the politics of meaning making in the context of Pag-Islam/Pag-Sunnat by defining and describing the power Tausug women hold in making positive or negative meanings for the practice. This study aims to propose an alternative view on Pag-Islam/Pag-Sunnat as a variant of FGM by asking whether it could be seen as an activity of empowerment rather than a patriarchal imposition. By analyzing interviews on the meaning-making process of the practice for Tausug Muslim Mothers in Maharlika Village Taguig City, the study will attempt to verify the universality or non-universality of Western views on FGM as female subjugation, and may be able to provide a more inclusive definition of empowerment and a more holistic understanding of the struggles and stories of non-Western women’s empowerment, and possibly even resistance, from their own point of view.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Female Genital Circumcision	en_US
dc.subject	Tausug women	en_US
dc.title	Indigenous empowerment of Tausug women in the practice of female agency and choice on female circumcision	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US