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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, Johanna Elizabeth Maree, Nokuthula Nkosi-Mafutha   +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, O.O. Akinsanya, S.O. Faturoti, R.S. Omotayo, B.O. Omolase   +4 more
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Prohibiting the Queer Body: Gender Affirmation, Female Genital Cutting, and the Promise of Gender Intelligibility

Critical Criminology, 2021
Legal regulations of the body produce and seek to protect specific imaginations of the body in an idealized form—that is, not only what a body is but also what it ought to be.
M. Mitchell, J. Rogers
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Strategies of denial: women’s experiences of culture of disbelief and discreditation in the treatment of asylum claims on the grounds of female genital cutting (FGC)

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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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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
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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
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Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury associated with female genital mutilation/cutting and timing of deinfibulation

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, Siri Vangen, Pål Øian, Ingvil K. Sørbye   +3 more
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Female circumcision: Limiting the harm [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/RHhQ7C]

F1000Research, 2012
Objective: To review the strength of evidence that links many health hazards to female genital cutting. Material and methods: Literature search in Medline/Pubmed and Google scholar.
Mohamed Kandil
doaj   +1 more source