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Female circumcision debate: A muslim surgeon's perspective. [PDF]

Turk J Urol, 2021
Karaman MI.
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Female circumcision as a sociocultural phenomenon [PDF]

, 2012
Subject of the thesis is to present female circumcision as a sociocultural phenomenon located across the cultures. Circumcision is presented in changes of time emphasizing negative effects on physical and mental women health.
Bednářová, Ivana
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The Makkatte’ Tradition in The Bugis Muslim Community: A Gender and Cultural Analysis

IBDA': Jurnal Kebudayaan Islam
Female circumcision in the Bugis Muslim community is one of the processions in affirming one's Islamic faith. What makes female circumcision problematic is the gender, health and cultural issues involved. Religious interpretations of the legal status of
Nabiela Naily, Rustriningsih
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Tradition Versus Female Circumcision: A Study Of Female Circumcision Among The Isoko Tribe Of Delta State Of Nigeria

, 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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Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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 ...
Birgitta Essén, Birgit Bödker, N-O. Sjöberg, Saemundur Gudmundsson, P-O. Östergren, Jens Langhoff-Roos   +5 more
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Female genital mutilation in Nigeria

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 1996
Despite its harmful effects on the health of women, female genital mutilation or female circumcision is practiced in many developing countries. In Nigeria the incidence ranges from 29.5% in the urban areas to over 90% in the rural areas.
C N Obionu
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Female circumcision

, 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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Interpreting Female Circumcision

, 2004
The report is dealing with the controversy of female circumcision and covers the dimension of moral philosophy. Looking at the different types of circumcision and the reasons for, meanings and consequences of performing it, we see that generalizing the ...
Pinderup, Andrine N., Fleming, Dia C., Cretu, Alina S., Makridis, Wangeshi, Nyamaa, Burmaa   +4 more
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Effect of female genital mutilation on female sexual function, Alexandria, Egypt

Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2016
Background: The global prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) ranges from 0.6% up to 98%. It has many health psychological impacts including abnormalities of female sexual function.
Manal Ibrahim Hanafi Mahmoud
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Medical and social aspects of female circumcision in Somalia

, 1989
The article illustrates medical and social aspects of female genital mutilation (FGM). Once classified the type of modification, the author focuses on some case studies of complications registered in the Banaadir Hospital in Mogadishu in 1984.Maqaalku ...
Mohamed Warsame
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