2015-09-19 Daily Monitor (Uganda) - Parents protest forced circumcision of children

Cite as:  Onyango, J.E. (2015) Parents protest forced circumcision of children Daily Monitor 19 September 2015 Full-text available at http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Parents-protest-forced-circumcision-of-children/-/688334/2876206/-/gvf444/-/index.html Accessed: 28 October 2015. Archived by Bodily Autonomy Watch at http://bodilyautonomywatch.blogspot.com/2015/09/2015-09-19-daily-monitor-uganda-parents.html

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Parents have protested the circumcision of their underage children studying at Oderai Primary School in Soroti sub-county, Soroti District.

At least 25 pupils were circumcised on Monday without consent of their parents and most of them have since not returned to school.

The exercise targeted children from Primary Three to Primary Seven aged between 11 to 15. They were circumcised at Soroti Health Centre III. The exercise was facilitated by Baylor Uganda, a non governmental organisation.

Parents said the circumcised children preferred to stay back at their respective homes because they are still feeling pain.

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