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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2021 Drawing from qualitative research with female asylum seekers in Scotland who had claimed asylum to protect their daughters from female genital cutting (FGC), this article examines the workings of the culture of disbelief during asylum interviews. In this
Emmaleena Käkelä
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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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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 +2 more
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Female genital mutilation/cutting
BMJ, 2013 In December 2012 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to intensify global efforts to eliminate female mutilation/cutting. As the recent Unicef report argues evidence played a major part in driving this resolution through. But what is the character of the available evidence and what is known about how to accelerate change to bring ...
Kaplan, Adriana +5 more
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Attitudes towards comparison of male and female genital cutting in a Swedish Somali population
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2021 In Sweden, the law treats female genital cutting (FGC) differently from male genital cutting (MGC). However, the comparability of the medical, ethical, and legal aspects of genital cutting of girls and boys are increasingly discussed by scholars ...
A. Hanberger, B. Essén, A. Wahlberg
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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 +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 +7 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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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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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 +2 more
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