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Violence against Women: Comparing Female Genital Mutilation and Female Circumcision in Malaysia
, 2023 The United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution on 20 December 2012 declared female genital mutilation (FGM) illegal and a violation of women's rights. This declaration was made following the World Health Organization's (WHO) call to eradicate FGM in
Suliaman, Ishak +2 more
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Female Circumcision and Infibulation in Africa
Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography, 1999 "Female Genital Mutilation" is a recently coined term for a custom going back to the ancient Egyptians. Although it has been reported as far afield as South America and Malaysia, its main locus is Africa. It involves really two procedures, excision of the clitoris with varying degrees of completeness and infibulation or "Pharaonic circumcision", the ...
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Prevention of female circumcision [PDF]
, 2016 Female circumcision is a cultural tradition that has been going on for thousands of years and is still practised in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
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, 2008 Traduction de Sami Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh “Male Circumcision/Female Circumcision : Is There Any Difference?” paru dans l'ouvrage Fearful Symmetries: Essays and Testimonies Around Excision and Circumcision, Rodopi ...
Dwyer, Kevin
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Defying the law, negotiating change The Futanke’s opposition to the national ban on FGM in Senegal
This thesis is concerned with the politics of the preservation and ‘abandonment’ of female circumcision in Fouta Toro, Senegal. The focal point of analysis is the overt opposition to the law criminalising female genital cutting in 1999, and development ...
O’Neill, Sarah
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Female Circumcision and the Construction of Female Sexuality: A Study on Madurese in Indonesia
Sexuality & Culture, 2020 Rachmah Ida, M. Saud
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Female circumcision: between myth and legitimate doctrinal Islam
, 2010 Circumcision on female has sociologically been practiced since long time ago. It is believed to be done for certain purposes. One of the intentions is that it is as an evidence of sacrifice of the circumcised person to get close to God.
Nik Zainun
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Female circumcision as a human rights issue
, 2013 Práce nazvaná Ženská obřízka jako problém lidských práv se zabývá tématem ženské obřízky z hlediska kultur, které ji praktikují i reakcí Západu na ni. První kapitola je věnována obecným informacím jako je vymezení pojmu, typologie, zdravotním hlediskům a
Švihoříková, Andrea
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Evaluation of the Knowledge Level and Attitudes of Family Physicians Regarding Circumcision: A Cross-sectional Study. [PDF]
Rwanda J Med Health SciYüzbaşıoğlu M +2 more
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Female circumcision : violence in the name of religion?
, 2010 This chapter discusses whether female circumcision can be seen as violence in the name of religion. The concept of 'violence' in relation to female circumcision is problematized, and the fact that there are many forms of the practice is ...
Johnsdotter, Sara
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