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The Makkatte’ Tradition in The Bugis Muslim Community: A Gender and Cultural Analysis
IBDA': Jurnal Kebudayaan IslamFemale 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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Analiza i Egzystencja, 2020 Female genital mutilation includes procedures which remove or cause injury to some or all women’s external genital organs. There are a lot of medical risks involved - nevertheless, in some societies it is mainstream practice, carried out mostly on girls ...
Karolina Wiśniowska
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Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies for Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming, and Utilizing the Convention against Torture [PDF]
, 2008 The intent of this article is to graphically describe female genital mutilation (FGM); discuss the background of FGM and its health, psychological, and social implications; propose some workable solutions to ending FGM; and raise the level of awareness ...
Broussard, Patricia A.
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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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Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOBJECTIVE: 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 +5 more
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Using Rights to Counter “Gender-Specific” Wrongs [PDF]
, 2009 One popular strategy of opposition to practices of female genital cutting (FCG) is rooted in the global feminist movement. Arguing that women’s rights are human rights, global feminists contend that practices of FGC are a culturally specific ...
Tobin, Theresa
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Female circumcision debate: A muslim surgeon's perspective. [PDF]
Turk J Urol, 2021 Karaman MI.
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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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Female Genital Cutting or Circumcision
Nursing & Healthcare International Journal, 2023 Woman genital slicing additionally referred to as woman genital mutilation or circumcision, is a deeply rooted cultural exercise that entails the partial or overall elimination of outside lady genitalia for non-scientific reasons. Despite being extensively criticized for its bodily and psychological fitness dangers, as well as its violation of human ...
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Male circumcision for HIV prevention in high HIV prevalence settings: what can mathematical modelling contribute to informed decision making? [PDF]
, 2009 Experts from UNAIDS, WHO, and the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling report their review of mathematical models estimating the impact of male circumcision on HIV incidence in high HIV prevalence ...
UNAIDS/WHO/SACEMA Expert Group on Modelling the Impact and Cost of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
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