This part of the database, at the University of Toronto's Law Library, is devoted to Women's Human Rights. It describes the procedures and their physical and psychological effects, identifies where FGM is practiced, discusses the rationales offered for FGM, and explains why it has become a human rights issue.
Primary focus is on Latin America.
It covers individual websites, mega-sites, and secondary articles and reviews. Includes substantial coverage of Asia and Africa. Each database record includes the article's title, author, country, number of words, a summary of the article, and the cost and procedure for obtaining the article. The report includes graphs and charts of key facts and figures, and related links. The topics include Arts, Feminism and Politics, Film, Health, Labour and Slavery, Literature, Media, Music, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, and Women in Development.