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Female Genital Self-Image in Women With and Without Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Sexual Medicine, 2020
Introduction: The consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) on female genital self-image are not known. Aim: To assess whether women with and without FGM/C differed with regard to female genital self-image.
Abdulrahim A. Rouzi, MB, ChB, Rigmor C. Berg, PhD, Rana Alamoudi, MB, ChB, Faten Alzaban, MB, ChB, Mohammad Sehlo, MD   +4 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana

BMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Globally, three million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) and an estimated 200 million girls and women in the world have undergone FGM.
Evelyn Sakeah, Cornelius Debpuur, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Paul Welaga, Raymond Aborigo, James Kotuah Sakeah, Cheryl A. Moyer   +6 more
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A 12-year-old Somalian girl presented with chronic kidney disease and died as a result of female genital mutilation- A case report

Urology Case Reports, 2023
The tradition of female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced in many African countries, including Somalia. FGM is responsible for several short and long-term complications that can negatively influence vital and functional prognosis.
Ahmed Issak Hussein, Ahmed Muhammad Bashir, Mohamed Mukhtar Kassim, Shukri Said Mohamed, Safio Ahmed Hussein, Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed   +5 more
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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa [PDF]

Translational Andrology and Urology, 2017
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional practice in which the external female genitalia is partially or totally incised or excised for a non-therapeutic reason, usually without the consent of the individual. FGM/C is common in Africa with varying prevalence in different countries, though the incidence is reducing because it is ...
Odukogbe, Akin-Tunde A., Afolabi, Bosede B., Bello, Oluwasomidoyin O., Adeyanju, Ayodeji S.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Mapping the lack of public initiative against female genital mutilation in Denmark

Reproductive Health, 2018
Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice prevalent in 35 countries, mainly in Africa, as well as in some Middle Eastern countries and a few Asian countries.
Gro Møller Christoffersen, Peter James Bruhn, Rosanna de Neergaard, Susanne Engel, Vibeke Naeser   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Volunteerism and Community Mobilization for the Abolition of Fgm: Lesson Learnt from the UNV Pilot Project in Sudan. [PDF]

, 2007
This paper reflects on some of the lessons learnt from UNV interventions of using volunteerism to mobilize local communities to combat female genital mutilation/cutting in ...
Nafisa Mohamed A. Bedri
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Design, Control, and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Actuation Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This review aims to provide a broad understanding for interdisciplinary researchers in engineering and clinical applications. It addresses the development and control of magnetic actuation systems (MASs) in clinical surgeries and their revolutionary effects in multiple clinical applications.
Yingxin Huo, Lidong Yang, Tiantian Xu, Dong Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naturalizing Moral Justification: Rethinking the Method of Moral Epistemology [PDF]

, 2013
The companion piece to this article, “Situating Moral Justification,” challenges the idea that moral epistemology\u27s mission is to establish a single, all‐purpose reasoning strategy for moral justification because no reasoning practice can be expected ...
Jaggar, Alison, Tobin, Theresa Weynand
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Examining pathways by which socioeconomic instability in adolescence influence sexual health during emerging adulthood in an agricultural setting in California

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner, Erica N. Browne, Marissa Raymond‐Flesch, Mary Kate Shapley‐ Quinn, Nivedita L. Bhushan, Alondra Jaime‐Aguilar, Carmen Ramirez, Jessica Huante, Daisy Gallardo, Sue Napierala, Megan Comfort, Alexandra M. Minnis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female genital mutilation: Overview and dermatologic relevanceCapsule Summary

JAAD International
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a common cultural practice, which involves the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia. With increasing immigration from regions where the practice is endemic, there has been a growing prevalence of
Ilhan Esse, BA, Colin M. Kincaid, BS, Carrie Ann Terrell, MD, Natasha A. Mesinkovska, MD, PhD   +3 more
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