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At the intersection of place, gender, and ethnicity: changes in female circumcision among Kenyan Maasai

Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 2020
Using an ethnographic approach that combines participant observation and semi-structured in-depth interviews, this study describes ongoing changes in the social norm and practice of female circumcision among the Maasai community of Loita Hills, Kenya ...
Hannelore Van Bavel
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Female Circumcision

AWHONN Lifelines, 1998
The practice of female genital mutilations is widespread in many developing countries, yet health care professionals typically know little about the care of circumcised women. With the influx of immigrants and refugees from developing countries into Western cultures, it's important for nurses to understand some of the customs, beliefs, and traditions ...
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5. Persistence of Tradition or Reassessment of Cultural Practices in Exile? Discourses on Female Circumcision among and about Swedish Somalis

Transcultural Bodies, 2020
Persistence of tradition or reassessment of cultural practices in exile?
S. Johnsdotter
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Why was the U.S. ban on ‘female genital mutilation ruled unconstitutional, and what does this have to do with male circumcision?

, 2020
Summary There are now legally prohibited forms of medically unnecessary female genital cutting—including the so-called ritual nick—that are less severe than permitted forms of medically unnecessary male and intersex genital cutting.
B. Earp
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Symbolic Representation and Maslahah Assessment: Examining the Rituals of Female Circumcision in Bugis-Makassar Society of South Sulawesi

SAMARAH: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam
A clash of ideas between Islamic teachings and local traditions regarding female circumcision. Bugis women still practice circumcision as a mandatory rite.
Rusdaya Basri, Rahmawati Rahmawati, Z. Zainab, F. Ali, Rizkah Ameliah   +4 more
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Polyvictimization and mental health consequences of female genital mutilation/circumcision (FGM/C) among Somali refugees in Kenya

Women & health, 2019
Female genital mutilation or circumcision (FGM/C) is a perilous social and cultural practice that affects the physical, mental, and psychological health of affected women. It is widespread around the world, affecting 200 million women and girls.
Hyojin Im, Laura E. T. Swan, L. Heaton
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The Culture of Female Circumcision

Advances in Nursing Science, 1996
The issue of female circumcision takes on special significance as more women migrate to the United States from countries where the practice has religious and traditional underpinnings. Female circumcision is a problem unfamiliar to most Western health care practitioners.
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Care of Women With Female Circumcision

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2004
As a result of the ravages of war and chaos in East Africa in the early 1990s large numbers of Somali refugees emigrated to North America. Somali women have unique health care needs especially during pregnancy and childbirth because approximately 95% of them are affected by traditional female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM).
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Circumcision in the Female

Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 1977
(1977). Circumcision in the Female. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 19-20.
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Picturing female circumcision and female genital cosmetic surgery: a visual framing analysis of Swiss newspapers, 1983–2015

Feminist Media Studies, 2019
This article investigates how both the similarities and differences between female circumcision and female genital cosmetic surgery are suggested through images. A visual framing analysis of 278 photographs, published in Swiss newspapers between 1983 and
D. Bader
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