The Incoming President of Indonesia: Stop the institutionalised cutting of girls' genitals

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When Will Indonesians Stop Mutilating Girls' Genitals?



Indonesia is a country of 230 million people, additionally there is a large diaspora worldwide, also in the region, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand also allow or encourage damaging or the cutting of babies' and girls genitals.



The Indonesian Government, the MUI - Majelis Ulama Indonesia and Muhammadiyah who not only allow, but encourage and even pay for the "circumcision" of girls known as Sunat perempuan.



We the undersigned ask The incoming President of the Republic of Indonesia for an end to the this harmful practice.



Bali, Java, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sumatera are all famous names of exotic places in Indonesia for most people. We think of, coffee, Nasi Goreng, traditional dancing, beaches, surfing, Orang Utan and many happy and positive things.



These are all things that the we Indonesians want you to know about, but there is a very dark side that we want to hide from you, and we will lie about it to do so.



"MUI mendorong pemerintah dan pemerintah daerah, Kementerian Kesehatan dan dinas-dinas kesehatan, serta organisasi profesi kedokteran serta tenaga kesehatan, dan ormas-ormas Islam untuk menyosialisasikan Permenkes Sunat Perempuan sebagai pedoman bagi tenaga kesehatan untuk memberikan layanan khitan perempuan muslim di Indonesia," kata dia.



"MUI encourage governments and local governments, the Ministry of Health and health services, as well as the organization of the medical profession and health personnel, and Islamic organizations to socialize Permenkes Female Circumcision as a guide for health workers to provide services in the Indonesian Muslim female circumcision," he said.



http://www.irinnews.org/report/93628/indonesia-fgm-c-regulations-mistaken-as-endorsement-experts-fear



http://www.irinnews.org/report/90366/indonesia-female-genital-mutilation-persists-despite-ban



http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/18/female-genital-mutilation-circumcision-indonesia



Do my fellow Indonesians know what the rest of the world thinks of our care of our babies?



Some of the comments to the article;



I couldn't read this to the end - as the father of three daughters who are healthy, happy and physically intact as nature intended I can only wonder at the ignorance and loathe the casual indifference of parents and their communities to this institutionalised savagery.



I admit to cowardice. Halfway through reading this I began to feel physically sick - so I didn't finish it.

There aren't enough words to express my horror and shame that we do this.



There are very few things I read that have upset me as much as this. It's taken me 4 attempts to complete it. I needed to leave the office and go for a walk both sobbing and seething inside. I'm a normally passive individual but my immediate reaction is I'd quite happily break the faces of the barbarians involved in this across my knee. I swear if that man looked me in the eye and told me it is necessary to control a woman's sexuality, I'd be doing life in a Jakarta gaol now. Delicious rice, ha flipping ha.



God made girls in uncircumcised form. Is it not blasphemy to deface God's great and beautiful work?



For an in depth study into the issue;



http://etmu.fi/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/FJEM_2_2008.pdf





The section; "Islam and Female Genital Cutting in Southeast Asia: The Weight of the Past" section details Indonesia



We Indonesians, will tell you if you ask, that it is only in some mountain villages that they still do female circumcision, but as the articles tells, of six hospitals in Jakarta asked, all six will do a birth package which includes ear piercing and genital cutting. It is university educated middle class city dwelling women who buy circumcision for their girls.



The hospitals are cleaner, but they just have surgical scissors and scalpels, they only know how to disinfect and cut. Skin off the clitoris, and or the clitoris itself, and or the labia. They don't care which as long as they get paid, in advance.



In the villages we tell you we don't cut.



The shamans and local midwives, use bamboo, pen knives and anything else to scrape, prick and maybe cut the clitoris and the labia, then rub turmeric or other substances into the girls genitals. They are paid to do this.



In either circumstances a study found that some form of the above variations had been done to up to 97% of girls in Java, of a population of 138 million in Java alone.



http://fhitweroszoga.blogspot.com/2012/12/hukum-khitan-wanita-menurut-hukum-islam_19.html



"The parts are removed are prominent part of the clitoris and labia minora.



In Malaysia the numbers are quite similar;



http://aandes.blogspot.com/2010/04/circumcision.html



The fact that any damage to tissues in the genitals, and introducing any substance can lead to scare tissue and infection, even though problems might not be seen at the time, can result in infertility later in life as well as many other genito-urinary problems.



But then why do we Indonesian women think that we have a right and an obligation to continue this practice?



The men don't know, they are kept out of it, are not even allowed to see, and as there is little education about the reproductive systems of girls, the men have no idea what a womans genitals should look like.



Many Indonesian men do not even know that their wife is missing parts of her genitalia. It is us women who keep the traditional of mutilating girls genitals going, it is part of our culture and traditional we will tell you. We will also tell you that it says so in the Qu'ran, but really we know that there is no mention of circumcising girls in the Qu'ran, but we think that you won't check.



We Indonesian women will sit with you and defend our tradition, we want to continue it. Or we just pretend that it doesn't happen and will ask you to leave.



If you want to send a message to the next President of Indonesia and the women of Indonesia as well as the governments of the neighbouring countries which openly allow and encourage this, please sign this petition and add your message.



Kapan Indonesia akan menghentikan sunat perempuan?



Indonesia adalah negara dengan penduduk 230 juta dan ada jumlah besar diaspora diseluruh dunia, seperti Maylsia, Filipin, Singapore dan Thailand yang menganjurkan sunat perempuan.



Pemerintah Indonesia, MUI dan juga kelompok Muhammadiyah, tidak hanya mengijinkan tapi juga menganjurkan sunat perempuan bahkan menanggung pembayaran untuk praktek ini.



Bersama ini kami mengharapkan, praktek ini bisa diakhiri.



Presiden berikut dari Negara Republik Indonesia



bali, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sumatera semua terkenal sebagai tempat yang eksotis di Indonesia untuk banyak orang. Kita berfikir tentang Kopi, Nasi Goreng, tarian tradisional, pantai, selancar, orang utan dan banyka lagi hal-hal positif lainnya.



Ini adalah hal-hal yang kami sebagai warga negara Indonesia ingin kalian tahu dan kenali. Tapi ada sisi hitam yang kami sembunyaikan dari kalian semua dan untuk itu kami akan berbohong.



"MUI mendorong pemerintah dan pemerintah daerah, Kementerian Kesehatan dan dinas-dinas kesehatan, serta organisasi profesi kedokteran serta tenaga kesehatan, dan ormas-ormas Islam untuk menyosialisasikan Permenkes Sunat Perempuan sebagai pedoman bagi tenaga kesehatan untuk memberikan layanan khitan perempuan muslim di Indonesia," kata dia.



http://www.irinnews.org/report/93628/indonesia-fgm-c-regulations-mistaken-as-endorsement-experts-fear



http://www.irinnews.org/report/90366/indonesia-female-genital-mutilation-persists-despite-ban



http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/18/female-genital-mutilation-circumcision-indonesia





Apa teman-teman sebangsa setanah air Indonesia tahu apa yang di fikir dunia tentang cara kita merawat bayi-bayi kita?



Ini beberapa komentar di article diatas.



I couldn't read this to the end - as the father of three daughters who are healthy, happy and physically intact as nature intended I can only wonder at the ignorance and loathe the casual indifference of parents and their communities to this institutionalised savagery.



I admit to cowardice. Halfway through reading this I began to feel physically sick - so I didn't finish it.

There aren't enough words to express my horror and shame that we do this.



There are very few things I read that have upset me as much as this. It's taken me 4 attempts to complete it. I needed to leave the office and go for a walk both sobbing and seething inside. I'm a normally passive individual but my immediate reaction is I'd quite happily break the faces of the barbarians involved in this across my knee. I swear if that man looked me in the eye and told me it is necessary to control a woman's sexuality, I'd be doing life in a Jakarta gaol now. Delicious rice, ha flipping ha.



Tuhan menciptakan anak perempuan dengan tidak disunat, Apa ini bukan suatu penhujahan terhadap hasil karya Tuhan yang sangat indah?



Untuk studi mendalam terhadap masalah ini:



http://etmu.fi/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/FJEM_2_2008.pdf



Bagian: "Islam and Female Genital Cutting in Southeast Asia: The Weight of the Past" section details Indonesia



Kami sebagai orang Indonesia akan menjawab kalau Anda bertanya bahwa ini terjadi hanya di beberapa daerah pegunungan, tetapi di artikel disebutkan ada 6 rumah sakit di Jakarta yang memberikan paket melahirkan dimana termasuk di dalamnya tindik telinga dan sunat peremuan. Adalah wanita berpendidikan sekelas Universitas yang memberikan sunat perempuan kepada anak-anak perempuan mereka.



Rumah sakit lebih bersih, tetapi mereka hanya memiliki gunting alat-alat operasi lainnya, mereka hanya tahu bagaimana cara mensterilkan dan memeotong. Kulit dari klitoris dan klitorisnya sendiri dan atau labia. Mereka tidak perduli asalkan tentunya mereka mendapat pembayaran dimuka.



Di desa-desa, kami akan mengatakn kami tidak melakukannya.





Para dukun dan bidan setempat, menggunakan bambu, pisau atau yang lainnya untuk mengikis atau menusuk bahkan memotong klitoris dan labia, kemudian menggosokkan kunyit atau bahan lainnya ke alat kelamin perempuan. Mereka dibayar untuk melakukan ini.



Dalam suatu studi ditemukan bahwa beberapa dari bentuk diatas telah dilakukan hingga ke 97% anak perempuan di Jawa yang populasinya mencapai 138 juta.



http://fhitweroszoga.blogspot.com/2012/12/hukum-khitan-wanita-menurut-hukum-islam_19.html



Bagian yang di buang adalah bagian penting dari klitoris dan labia minora.



Di Malaysia jumlah juga hampir sama.



http://aandes.blogspot.com/2010/04/circumcision.html



Fakta bahwa setiap kerusakan jaringan di alat kelamin, dan memperkenalkan zat apapun dapat menyebabkan kerusakan jaringan dan infeksi, meskipun masalah mungkin tidak terlihat pada saat itu, dapat mengakibatkan infertilitas di kemudian hari serta banyak masalah genito-kemih lainnya .



Tetapi kenapa kita sebagai wanita Indonesia berfikir bahwa kita memiliki hak dan kewajiban untuk melanjutkan praktek ini?



Para pria tidak tahu mengenai hal ini, mereka bahkan tidak diijinkan untuk melihat dan dengan minimnya pendidikan mengenai sistem reproduksi dari wanita, para pria tidak tahu bagamana seharusnya bentuk alat kelamin wanita.



Para pria di Indonesia tidak tahu bahwa istri mereka sudah kehilangan sebagian dari alat kelamin mereka. Kitalah para wanita yang terus menjalankan tradisi sunat perempuan. Kami akan bilang kepada Anda, ini adalah bagian dari budaya dan tradisi. Kami juga akan bilang bahwa itu ada didalam Quran, walaupun kami tahu tidak benar, tapi kami tahu Anda tidak akan mengeceknya.



Kami para wanita Indonesia akan duduk bersama dengan Anda dan membela tradisi kami, kami ingin melanjutkannya, atau kami hanya akan berpura.pura kalau itu tidak terjadi dan meminta Anda untuk pergi.



Kalau Anda mau mengirimkan pesan kepada Preisden berikutnya dan juga wanita di Indonesia juga pemerintah di negara tetangga yang secara terbuka mengijinkan dan mendukung sunat perempuan, tolong tandangani petisi ini dan tambahkan pesan Anda.