Cohort analysis of the state of female genital cutting in Nigeria: prevalence, daughter circumcision and attitude towards its discontinuation. [PDF]
BMC Womens Health, 2021 Background Female genital cutting (FGC) inflicts life-long injuries on women and their female children. It constitutes a violation of women’s fundamental human rights and threats to bodily integrity. Though decreasing, the practice is high and widespread
Gbadebo BM +5 more
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Sculptors of African Women's Bodies: Forces Reshaping the Embodiment of Female Genital Cutting in the West. [PDF]
Arch Sex Behav, 2021 Female genital cutting (FGC) continues to garner increasing attention across western health-care systems seeking to optimize care and outcomes among migrant communities affected by this practice. Besides clinical knowledge gaps, health-care providers may
Johnson-Agbakwu CE, Manin E.
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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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Beautiful vulvas: expanding illustrative visual imagery of female genital cutting types. [PDF]
J Sex Med, 2023 Chaisson N +6 more
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Female genital cutting (FGC) type: proposing a multifaceted, interactive method for FGC self-assessment. [PDF]
J Sex Med, 2023 Johnson-Agbakwu CE +5 more
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Medicalization of female genital cutting in Malaysia: A mixed methods study. [PDF]
PLoS Med, 2020 Background Despite the clear stand taken by the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies in ensuring that female genital cutting (FGC) is not performed by health professionals, the rate of medicalization has not reduced. The current study aimed
Rashid A, Iguchi Y, Afiqah SN.
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The association between physical complications following female genital cutting and the mental health of 12-year-old Gambian girls: A community-based cross-sectional study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Background Female genital cutting (FGC) involve an acute physical trauma that hold a potential risk for immediate and long-term complications and mental health problems.
Bendiksen B +5 more
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Prevalence and Barriers to Ending Female Genital Cutting: The Case of Afar and Amhara Regions of Ethiopia. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Female genital cutting (FGC) remains highly prevalent in Ethiopia, in spite of a slowly decreasing trend over the last decade. In an effort to inform and strengthen FGC interventions in Ethiopia, this study aimed to assess FGC prevalence in cross ...
Abebe S +3 more
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Female Genital Mutilation, Cutting, or Circumcision [PDF]
Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2013 Female genital mutilation (FGM), female genital cutting, or female circumcision of women, the theme addressed in this special issue has many terms. The short form acronym FGM is understood by most, and it does contain the notion that we are talking about a traditional practice that is harmful.
Johanne Sundby +2 more
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How to ensure policies and interventions rely on strong supporting facts to improve women's health: The case of female genital cutting, using Rosling's Factfulness approach. [PDF]
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 2021 Rosling et al’s book Factfulness aims to inspire people to use strong supporting facts in their decision‐making, with 10 rules of thumb to fight dramatic instincts.
Essén B, Mosselmans L.
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