The cultural practices of the caste system (osu), pure or domestic slavery (ohu/oru), the pawning system (igba-ebe), genital mutilation (iwa-ukwu), and the killing of twins (igbu-ejima) as found in the culture of the Igbo people of Nigeria The term is gaining in importance due to the increased controversy over "rights of cultural practice", which are protected in many jurisdictions for indigenous peoples [1] and sometimes ethnic minorities. Harmful cultural practices and norms—even the seemingly non-violent ones that consign girls to bear the brunt of household labor—have consequences for nutrition, health, educational achievement, sexual abuse, and child marriage. In Nebraska, the law is clear. It’s illegal. This custom, one of the world’s most bizarre cultural practices, is performed as a means to satisfy ancestral ghosts, and is rarely, but still sporadically, practiced … ''But changing people's cultural practices through criminal law is often a very blunt and ineffective tool.'' Accordingly, it is critical to develop a research agenda that places girls aged 0 to 10 at the center of policy to address harmful practices. Cultural practice is the manifestation of a culture or sub-culture, especially in regard to the traditional and customary practices of a particular ethnic or other cultural group. The first part of this working paper provides an overview of the variety and nature of harmful cultural practices, with a focus on practices related to … Fact Sheet No.23, Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children States Parties shall take all appropriate measures... to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to Photograph: Craig Redmond/Demotix/Corbis Hugh Muir Sun 7 … Given how pervasive culture’s influence is, I’m going to pick some really banal ones from the U.S. macro-culture to kinda illustrate that it’s quicker to list things which aren’t cultural practices: Thanksgiving dinner. Shaking Female genital mutilation, for example, isn’t a cultural grey area in the UK.