This analysis report is the outcome of a Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) short version workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya from 14 - 16 October 2009. The chosen focus in the analysis is the Kenyan Reproductive Health Rights Bill (RHRB), the need for the Bill to include provisions relating to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and the utility of the RHRB for protecting women from FGM. The analysis was triggered due to a recent case in Kenya where a women was subjected to FGM after having given birth in hospital. This was executed without her permission, though under the family’s instruction.

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