This open access book shows how the adoption of global justice such as eradication of female
genital mutilation cutting (FGM C) has given rise to controversy resistance and
transformation at the national regional and grass-roots levels in African and Asian countries
where FGM C has been practiced. It provides readers with up-to-date information about the
effects of the campaign to eradicate FGM C and the present situation of those countries to
which preceding books on FGM C have scarcely referred. Adopting zero tolerance as a policy of
eradication WHO and other UN agencies have opposed any type of FGM C and many African
countries have criminalized the practice. Although the campaign is based on the human rights
discourse which is shared globally the controversies concerning eradication of FGM C on the
national level and the responses of communities on the local level in those countries are
diverse and complicated. Various actors such as NGOs government officials religious leaders
medical workers and local inhabitants are embroiled and negotiate with each other concerning
its eradication. With this book readers are provided with an in-depth analysis of the
complicated controversies and responses of local communities referring to their particular
historical and social backgrounds. The book provides two chapters on FGM C in Asian countries
where not many studies have done yet. It also presents readers with a study of the arguments
and responses to FGM C of African immigrants by Australian health-care professionals as well as
a study of male circumcision eradication campaigns which have been carried on in tandem with
FGM C eradication campaigns but still not have been successful. With its many elaborate case
studies this book is highly recommended to readers who seek an in-depth and up-to-date
integrated overview of the FGM C studies as well as studies on the applicability of global
justice to local communities. This book won the 13th (2023) Japan Consortium for Area Studies
(JCAS) Award for Social Collaboration
