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Tradition Versus Female Circumcision: A Study Of Female Circumcision Among The Isoko Tribe Of Delta State Of Nigeria [PDF]
, 2009 Introduction: Female circumcision is a culturally sanctioned tradition practiced in many Africa countries and has deleterious consequences on women’s health, sexuality and fertility.
VO Awusi, Awusi, VO
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Female genital mutilation: Overview and dermatologic relevanceCapsule Summary
JAAD InternationalFemale genital mutilation (FGM) is a common cultural practice, which involves the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia. With increasing immigration from regions where the practice is endemic, there has been a growing prevalence of
Ilhan Esse, BA +3 more
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Female circumcision and its impact on human dignity [PDF]
الرافدین للحقوقFemale circumcision, a traditional practice rooted in societal customs, poses significant risks to women's physical health and dignity. This practice infringes upon women's rights to health, physical integrity, and uniqueness, as protected by ...
Shaimaa ِAl-Bayati, Raqeeb Al-Hamawi
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Attitudes toward female circumcision among Somali immigrants in Oslo: a qualitative study
, 2012 Abdi A Gele1,2, Bernadette Kumar3, Karin Harsløf Hjelde3, Johanne Sundby21The Department of Social Science, Oslo University College, 2Section for International Health, Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo ...
Sundby J, Gele AA, Kumar B, Hjelde KH
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, 2015 Female genital cutting, or female circumcision, is primarily practiced in about 30 African countries. It is labeled “female genital mutilation” by the WHO. Motives vary considerably between groups.
Johnsdotter, Sara
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Modern Liberalism, Female Circumcision, and the Rationality of Traditions
, 2004 Tolerance is at the heart of Western liberalism, permitting mutually exclusive ideas and practices to coexist peacefully with one another, without the proponents of the differing ideas and practices killing one another.
Bishop, Jeffrey P.
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Sexual Function, Mental Well-being and Quality of Life among Kurdish Circumcised Women in Iran
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2017 Background: Female genital mutilation is an intentional inhumane procedure that threatens girls and women's health. It is especially widespread in developing countries due to cultural, traditional and religious preferences.
Farzaneh DANESHKHAH +3 more
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Circumcision', culture, and health-care provision in Tower Hamlets, London
, 1998 Tower Hamlets has a sizeable Somali community, who maintain close links to their culture and country of origin. About 80 per cent of Somali women are estimated to have undergone 'female circumcision'.
Cameron, Joan, Rawlings Anderson, Karen
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Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002 OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whether there is an association between female circumcision and ...
Essén Birgitta +5 more
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, 2020 In recent decades, female genital mutilation has come to be regarded as a major breach of human rights. International anti-FGM agencies such as WHO, UNICEF and The Red Cross/Red Crescent have drawn up strongly worded documents designed to protect women ...
Malmström, Maria +3 more
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