In the dialogue between asserting universal human rights and assertive identity politics, it usually boils down to a tussle about FGM--how far are you willing to compromise your beliefs about human rights to endure an ethnic minority’s systematic injuries to its female young? Here’s yet another illustration on those similar lines: Women Lose in Mexico Indian Rights Gain.
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