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'My older sisters are all circumcised and so far, I have refused to give in to the pressure to be cut,' she told IRIN/PlusNews. Doris, 21, did not tell her parents she would be attending an ARP but only a diocese seminar. Samantha, 16, one of the girls attending the course, says she wants to be a vascular surgeon and hopes one day to become as well-respected as the women whose names grace the classrooms.Д«ut while Samantha's parents support her education and her choice not to be circumcised, not all the girls enjoy the same backing. The classrooms are named after prominent Kenyan women вЂ“ doctors, lawyers and legislators вЂ“ to encourage the girls' aspirations. Lessons include self-awareness, Meru cultural values, relationships and marriage, as well as substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. 'Meru culture is very rich and varied, and we teach the girls that even with education, which they should pursue earnestly, they must continue to respect their own culture and be assertive in a respectful way,' said Rael Mugambi, a facilitator at the Chiakariga Girls' High School, which recently hosted an ARP. 'Key to our success is the fact that we don't put down local traditions we don't go around bad-mouthing Meru culture, and apart from the cut вЂ“ and in order to remain friendly with cultural leaders we call it the cut and not mutilation вЂ“ we teach values that these girls would ordinarily learn in preparation for womanhood, coupled with modern advice,' said Joseph M'eruaki, the diocese's social development director.ДЇGM/C has been illegal since 2001 under the Children's Act, and as a result, the counselling portion of the rite has been lost вЂ“ circumcisers perform their duties under the cover of darkness, never spending enough time with the girls to impart traditional values. The course lasts one week and culminates in a colourful graduation ceremony attended by parents and local leaders. More than 2,000 girls have been through the ARP in several Meru locations since 2007, and according to officials of the diocese, the increase in class sizes and requests for more sessions is proof that they are having the desired impact.

'We are trying to find a way to link the old system to the new system.'

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'Female circumcision rites had a dual role the cut, yes, but there was also the period of seclusion following the cut, during which girls were schooled in the ways of women in Meru society вЂ“ how they should behave in polite society, how they should interact with men and how to be a respectable member of society,' said Gilbert Musai, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meru, which, with the Catholic Relief Services NGO, runs an alternative rite-of-passage (ARP) that teaches local girls both new and old-school values as a replacement for FGM/C. There is still some resistance, however, with many believing abandoning FGM/C will undermine Meru values still considered intrinsic to young girls becoming women in the community. The practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), once the foundation of womanhood among the Meru, is slowly dying out as people become more aware of the physical risks involved and its reinforcement of women's inferior position in society. MERU, 31 August 2009 (IRIN) - An ancient myth from Meru, eastern Kenya, tells of a war during which all the healthy men in the village were deployed to fight an enemy tribe, only to return and find the women had been impregnated by the men left behind, who had been deemed incapable of defending the village.ДЇrom that day on, the legend continues, Meru women have had their clitorises removed to curb their sexual appetites and ensure their marital fidelity.