Brittany Evans Â· March 6, 2017. I went to Ila when I was elementary school and loved it and now one of my daughters go here and loves it and one of my sons will be starting the next school year. It is a small town school and I love it that way.
UN General Assembly Adopts Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation. On 20 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution to Ban FGM worldwide. The Resolution [A/RES/67/146] was cosponsored by two thirds of the General Assembly, including the entire African Group, and was adopted by consensus by all UN members.
The history of FGM is not well known but the practice dated back at least 2000 years. It is not known when or where the tradition of Female Genital Mutilation originated from. It was believed that it was practised in ancient Egypt as a sign of distinction amongst the aristocracy. Some believe it started during the slave trade when black slave women entered ancient Arab societies. Some believe FGM began with the arrival of Islam in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.