Female circumcision: Limiting the harm. [PDF]
F1000Res, 2012 Objective: To review the strength of evidence that links many health hazards to female genital cutting.Material and methods: Literature search in Medline/Pubmed and Google scholar.Results: Female genital cutting is still practiced secretly in both underdeveloped and developed countries due to prevailing strong traditional beliefs. There is insufficient
Kandil M.
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The effect of female circumcision on maternal and neonatal outcomes after childbirth: a cohort study [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Background Circumcision has many side effects and complications on women’s lives and affects their physical, mental, and social health. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of female circumcision on maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Soheila Rabiepour, Zeynab Ahmadi
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The Factor Related to Mother’s Motivations in Carrying out the Circumcision of the Female Children in a Teuk Jawo Village Baiturrahman Sub District, Banda Aceh in 2014 [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 Circumcision is the activity carried out to remove the partial foreskin of penis. The preliminary survey result of 15 mothers that were carried out the circumcision to their female children mention that 7 mothers carried out the circumcision because of ...
Marniati, Rahmayani, Yunita Ayuwari
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"After my husband's circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases": women's attitudes and risk perceptions towards male circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV.
Erica H Layer +5 more
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Modelling the risk factors associated with female genital mutilation among the under-five children in Ethiopia, a retrospective study [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and NutritionBackground Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also referred to as female genital cutting or female circumcision, has become a global health concern. It is a deeply entrenched traditional practice involving partial or total removal of the external female ...
Michael Arthur Ofori +3 more
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Fluid identities : contextualising genital reconstructive surgery after female circumcision in Burkina Faso : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. [PDF]
, 2016 Female circumcision procedures were traditionally performed on many girls and women in Burkina Faso. These practices were outlawed in 1996, and are now termed ‘female genital mutilation’ by the government and activists trying to stop them.
Margaret Nyarango
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Exploration of pathways related to the decline in female circumcision in Egypt. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2013 Modrek S, Liu JX.
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Ambiguous genitalia in a male patient misidentified as female, leading to inappropriate circumcision: A rare case report. [PDF]
Radiol Case RepAlasow MOD +6 more
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European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1992 A, Assali +3 more
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Al-Izzah, 2021 This study aims to investigate three things. First, how is the tendency of the perspective used in discussing the issue of female circumcision in society; second, what is the value base that distinguishes the practice of female circumcision in one ...
Nur Quma Laila, Hasse Jubba
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