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Social media representation of female genital cutting: A YouTube analysis
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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Defibulation can recall the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Women with female genital mutilation/cutting are known to have psychological sequelae from the cutting and other traumatic experiences. However, very few studies report immediate psychological sequelae of genital reconstructive surgery in this
Gianmarco Taraschi +3 more
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Reproductive Health, 2022 Plain English Summary Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can result in short and long-term complications, which can impact physical, psychological and sexual health.
Mathilde Horowicz +2 more
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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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Female genital mutilation in Africa: Scoping the landscape of evidence
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2020 Background: Despite concerted efforts to curb Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), it is still a contributor to the high morbidity and mortality rates among females in Africa. Purpose: To describe the publication output on FGM/C conducted in Africa
Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora +2 more
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Attitudes towards female genital cutting among pregnant women in Owo, Nigeria
South African Family Practice, 2012 Background: This study aimed to determine the attitudes of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, towards female genital cutting.
C.O. Omolase +4 more
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Reproductive Health, 2017 Background World Health Organization defines female genital mutilation/cutting as all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice is
Yohannes Mehretie Adinew +1 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Migration flows of women from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting practicing countries have generated a need for data on women potentially affected by Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.
Livia Elisa Ortensi +2 more
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Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021 Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is the practice of cutting parts of the female external genitalia in fulfillment of sociocultural obligations and in some cases for nonmedical reasons.
Anwar Sadat Seidu +3 more
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2022 Introduction A greater risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury has been reported among African migrants in several host countries compared with the general population. To what degree female genital mutilation/cutting affects this risk is not clear.
Sølvi Taraldsen +3 more
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