Female Genital Mutilation as Sexual Violence Against Women

Female circumcision or Female Genital Mutilation or has been practiced in Indonesia and considered as local wisdom and even obligatory, according to religion view. By using doctrinal legal research method written in this inscription, it is mentioned above that circumstance will be examined through a perspective of gender rights, describing genital mutilation as sexual violence and therefore, human rights violation. This paper will discuss two matters. First, explanation of female genital circumcision according to religion, culture, legal and gender views; Second, reasons for female genital mutilation that are considered as sexual violence against women and girls.