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I knew how it feels but couldn’t save my daughter; testimony of an Ethiopian mother on female genital mutilation/cutting

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, Beza Tamirat Mekete   +1 more
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Reshaping the global health agenda: female genital cutting [PDF]

Medical Education Online, 2016
Nina Al-Saadi, Harun Khan, Sameera Auckburally, Adam Al-Saadi, Tasnia Khan   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Applicability of Behaviour Change in Intervention Programmes Targeted at Ending Female Genital Mutilation in the EU:Integrating Social Cognitive and Community Level Approaches [PDF]

, 2013
With increased migration, female genital mutilation (FGM) also referred to as female circumcision or female genital cutting is no longer restricted to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Barrett, Hazel, Beecham, David, Brown, Katherine   +2 more
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Disentangling the complex association between female genital cutting and HIV among Kenyan women [PDF]

, 2009
Female genital cutting (FGC) is a widespread cultural practice in Africa and the Middle East, with a number of potential adverse health consequences for women.
Baltazar, Goldstein, JAMES J. BROWN, Nickerson, OLGA MASLOVSKAYA, Rasbash, SABU S. PADMADAS, Skaine   +7 more
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BEHAVIOR. Female genital cutting is not a social coordination norm [PDF]

, 2015
The World Health Organization defines female genital cutting as any procedure that removes or injures any part of a female's external genitalia for nonmedical reasons (1). Cutting brings no documented health benefits and leads to serious health problems.
Ahmed, Hilal El Fadil, Efferson, Charles, Elhadi, Amy, Fehr, Ernst, Vogt, Sonja   +4 more
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Resulting in Genital Tract Obstruction and Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Report and Literature Review

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, Haruna Danamiji Osman, Kingsley Appiah Bimpong, Kwame Afriyie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of coital frequency among married women in Central African Republic: the role of female genital cutting. [PDF]

, 2002
This paper examines determinants of one aspect of sexual behaviour--coital frequency--among 2,188 married women in the Central African Republic using a secondary analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 1994-95.
Morison, Linda, Stewart, Holley, White, Richard   +2 more
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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Italy: an enhanced estimation for first generation migrant women based on 2016 survey data

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, Patrizia Farina, Els Leye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The experience of maternity care for migrant women living with female genital mutilation: A qualitative synthesis [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of childbearing women with a history of female genital mutilation (FGM) are accessing maternity services in high-income countries across the world.
Abusharaf, Ameresekere, Aya, Banks, Berg, Berggren, Bondas, Bulma, Chalmers, Chalmers, Crawford, Creighton, Essén, Essén, Gough, Hicks, Hill, Lundberg, Macklin, Moher, Moxey, Murray, Noblit, Small, Thierfelder, Vangen   +25 more
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Women's position and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in Egypt : a secondary analysis of the Egypt demographic and health surveys, 1995-2014 [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Egyptian society. It is strongly entrenched in local tradition and culture and has a strong link to the position of women.
Gage, Anastasia J, Meekers, Dominique, Van Rossem, Ronan   +2 more
core   +2 more sources