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The Politics of Location and Sexuality in Leila Ahmed’s and Nawal El Saadawi’s Life Narratives [PDF]
, 2014 This article explores Leila Ahmed’s A Border Passage, and Nawal El Saadawi’s Memoirs from the Women’s Prison, A Daughter of Isis, and Walking Through Fire. It contrasts their works and argues that location and genderawareness play an important role in
Aouadi, Leila
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Proposal for Nursing Diagnosis: Post Female Genital Mutilation Syndrome
Enfermería Global, 2016 Objective: To develop a nursing diagnosis for the detection and prevention of FGM. Methods: The creation of this diagnosis is based on exhaustive bibliographic research of databases such as LILACS, CUIDEN, TESEO y Web of Sciencie; as well as other ...
Ismael Jiménez-Ruiz +2 more
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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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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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Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey 2003-04 [PDF]
, 2005 The Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) authorised the National Bureau of Statistics\ud (NBS) to conduct the THIS. The THIS is the first household survey of its kind to be conducted in Tanzania.\ud The survey covered the Tanzania Mainland only.The ...
National Bureau of Statistics Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (NBS) +2 more
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 Circumcision is an age-long tradition in Africa. Both sexes are often circumcised; however, female circumcision has significantly reduced in some African societies while the practice of male circumcision still continues.
Aliyu Ibrahim
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Female Circumcision and the Construction of Female Sexuality: A Study on Madurese in Indonesia [PDF]
, 2020 Rachmah Ida, Muhammad Saud
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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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La circoncision et l’excision en Éthiopie du XVe au XVIIIe siècle : lectures d’un rituel
Afriques, 2010 From an extract of the Maṣḥāfa Berhān written under the supervision of King Zar’a Yā‘eqob (1434-1468) which describes how female circumcision of the girls should be done according to the law of the Old Testament, this article analyses how the excision ...
Marie-Laure Derat
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Proven HIV Prevention Strategies [PDF]
, 2009 Describes strategies that, used in combination, have proven to be effective in preventing sexual, blood-borne, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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