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Female genital cutting and the slave trade
This paper investigates the historical origins of female genital cutting (FGC). We test the historical hypothesis that FGC is associated with the Red Sea route of the African slave trade, where women were typically sold as concubines in the Middle East and infibulation was used as a means to preserve virginity.Lucia Corno +2 more
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Nurse Education Today, 2022
BACKGROUND Female genital cutting is a culture bound ritual involving excision of the female genitalia. Little is known about nursing students' knowledge and perceptions of female genital cutting and no studies using simulation to teach this topic exist.
Rosanna F. Hess +3 more
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BACKGROUND Female genital cutting is a culture bound ritual involving excision of the female genitalia. Little is known about nursing students' knowledge and perceptions of female genital cutting and no studies using simulation to teach this topic exist.
Rosanna F. Hess +3 more
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Legal Bans, Female Genital Cutting, and Education: Evidence from Senegal
World Bank Economic Review, 2022A law that banned the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in Senegal in 1999 reduced its prevalence and increased educational investments in girls.
Jorge García-Hombrados, Edgar Salgado
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Male or female genital cutting: why ‘health benefits’ are morally irrelevant
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021The WHO, American Academy of Pediatrics and other Western medical bodies currently maintain that all medically unnecessary female genital cutting of minors is categorically a human rights violation, while either tolerating or actively endorsing medically
B. Earp
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Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine, 2008
Abstract Female genital cutting is increasingly been seen in Western countries, and is estimated that worldwide about 120 million girls have undergone some form of FGM. The WHO has outlawed it on the grounds that it is a violation of human rights. There are almost always wrong traditional, cultural, and religious beliefs related to the practice. Type
Salem A. El-Shawarby, Janice Rymer
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Abstract Female genital cutting is increasingly been seen in Western countries, and is estimated that worldwide about 120 million girls have undergone some form of FGM. The WHO has outlawed it on the grounds that it is a violation of human rights. There are almost always wrong traditional, cultural, and religious beliefs related to the practice. Type
Salem A. El-Shawarby, Janice Rymer
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Journal of Women's Health, 2021
Background: Female genital cutting (FGC) is a form of gender-based violence with obstetrical and gynecological complications that require recognition and care.
K. Fay +5 more
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Background: Female genital cutting (FGC) is a form of gender-based violence with obstetrical and gynecological complications that require recognition and care.
K. Fay +5 more
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The Economics of Female Genital Cutting
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007Abstract The practice of female genital cutting (FGC) has a long history in Africa and it is thought that over 130 million females alive today have undergone the practice. In this paper, we model FGC as a pre-marital investment. We show how the rat-race nature of the marriage market may result in inefficiently high equilibrium levels ...
Chesnokova, T., Vaithianathan, R.
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Culture, Health and Sexuality, 2021
While within the Kisii community in Kenya the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) is decreasing, the practice is increasingly being performed by health professionals.
N. Van Eekert +6 more
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While within the Kisii community in Kenya the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) is decreasing, the practice is increasingly being performed by health professionals.
N. Van Eekert +6 more
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Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2007
Female Genital Cutting (FGC) also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision is a medical issue that has been exported to the West by the migration to the West of people from the countries where it has been traditionally practiced. It is practiced predominantly in 28 African countries and also some Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt
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Female Genital Cutting (FGC) also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision is a medical issue that has been exported to the West by the migration to the West of people from the countries where it has been traditionally practiced. It is practiced predominantly in 28 African countries and also some Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt
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Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2013
The Journal of Global Health at Columbia University, Vol. 3 No.
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The Journal of Global Health at Columbia University, Vol. 3 No.
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