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Assessment of complications associated with female genital cutting among postnatal women in Chuko Primary Hospital, Sidama region, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2023 Objectives: Female genital cutting is a genital operation for a nonmedical reason and involves the cutting away of a part or whole of the female external genitals.
Yirgalem Yosef +2 more
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Social media representation of female genital cutting: A YouTube analysis [PDF]
Women's Health, 2020 Introduction: Female genital cutting is a practice that has incited controversy and conflicting discourses across the international community. There is a need to analyze social media data on the portrayal of the practice in order to gather insights and ...
Arone Wondwossen Fantaye, Anne TM Konkle
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The benefits and disappointments following clitoral reconstruction after female genital cutting: A qualitative interview study from Sweden. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Female genital cutting or mutilation refers to the cutting of girls' external genitalia. Due to migration from contexts where female genital cutting is common, it is estimated that around 38 000 cut women and girls live in Sweden. Clitoral reconstruction,
Malin Jordal +3 more
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objective This study aimed to understand the reasons for the practice by the Muslim community, traditional practitioners and the views of religious scholars as well as the medicalisation trend of the practice of female genital cutting (FGC).Design This ...
Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi
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Sexual Medicine, 2022 Background: There is a lack of specialised psychosocial and sexual therapies for cancer patients in the African context. Aim: This paper aims to highlight gaps in capacities of health care providers to address psychosocial and sexual needs of patients ...
Padaruth Ramlachan, MBChB, MHlthSc, FECSM +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) curtails women’s health, human rights and development. Health system as a critical pillar for social justice is key in addressing FGM while executing the core mandate of disease prevention and management.
Samuel Kimani +3 more
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021 Background: Female Genital cutting is one of the cultural rituals whose origin can be traced to ancient times. Female genital cutting is still highly prevalent in the developing countries in Asia and many areas Africa including Ethiopia.
Ayenew Engida Yismaw +4 more
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN DIFFERENT SAMPLES OF EGYPTIAN FEMALES AND ITS MEDICOLEGAL IMPLICATION [PDF]
The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology, 2023 Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is primarily widespread in certain high-risk countries including Egypt. It has been reported that FGM practice continues to exist because it is reinforced by customs, culture, beliefs, social pressure, religion,
Karima mokhtar +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background The real prevalence and incidence of women living with or at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is unknown in Switzerland and many parts of Europe, as there are no representative surveys similar to DHS or MICS for European ...
S. Cottler-Casanova +3 more
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING IS CONTINUED PROBLEM [PDF]
The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology, 2023 Background: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) refers to the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia or other forms of injury to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons Aim: the present study ...
Heba Rohym, Hoda Mahmoud, amal Salah
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