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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 ...
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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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Religion and healthcare in the European Union : policy issues and trends [PDF]
, 2009 92 p. ; 24 cm.Libro ElectrónicoThe impact of religious doctrine on the law, policy and practice of healthcare is becoming increasingly significant for a whole range of issues – from euthanasia to fertility treatment; from belief-based exemption from ...
Clifford, Jarlath, Petrova, Dimitrina
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Debunking myths about female circumcision
African Journal of Urology, 2013 Catherine deVries
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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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The determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors : evidence from Lesotho [PDF]
This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey.
Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien
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Behavior Change and HIV Prevention: (Re)Considerations for the 21st Century [PDF]
, 2008 Outlines the evidence base for the effectiveness of HIV-prevention programs aimed at reducing high-risk behaviors. Discusses elements of successful programs, challenges and limitations, and recommendations for expanding behavioral prevention ...
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Médias, droit et panique morale : tirer les leçons d’un procès suisse pour excision
Droit et Cultures, 2020 In 2008, a Somali couple, refugees in Switzerland, were convicted of the clitoridectomy of their 2-year-old daughter. The procedure had been carried out by a Somali physician in the family’s apartment in Zurich twelve years earlier.
Dina Bader, Sara Johnsdotter
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Contextualization: Tanzanian Maasai Culture and the Implications for Worship and Women’s Ministry [PDF]
, 2015 Maasai religion, music, and cultural customs have a definite impact on the methodology of missions and relations with the people of their tribes, specifically in the areas of worship and women’s ministry.
Morgan, Alexandra T
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Inspiring Change for Women's Rights and Dignity [PDF]
, 2014 A special one-day event organized by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights shed light on the challenges women face in exercising their fundamental rights to access water, sanitation,
Sarah Simpson
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