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Female Genital Cutting or Circumcision
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/Cutting: A Global Concern [PDF]
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a human rights issue that affects girls and women worldwide. As such, its elimination is a global concern.
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Male and Female Genital Cutting: Between the Best Interest of the Child and Genital Mutilation
In the UK, male genital cutting is in principle legal and may even be ordered by a court, whereas female genital cutting is a criminal offence. The coherence of this approach was recently questioned by Munby P in Re B and G (children) (No 2); the ...
K. Moller
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An Analysis of Major Issues for Culturally-Minded Professionals in Women\u27s Health Care [PDF]
Women\u27s health care professionals, such as general physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists, midwives, nurses, and doulas, in the US need to be aware of cultural issues and disparities.
Clark, Victoria
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Using Rights to Counter “Gender-Specific” Wrongs [PDF]
One popular strategy of opposition to practices of female genital cutting (FCG) is rooted in the global feminist movement. Arguing that women’s rights are human rights, global feminists contend that practices of FGC are a culturally specific ...
Tobin, Theresa
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Background: In a context of high migration, there are growing numbers of women living in the UK who have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting.
Catrin Evans +6 more
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Introduction Improving healthcare providers’ capacities of prevention and treatment of female genital mutilation (FGM) is important given the fact that 200 million women and girls globally are living with FGM.
Jasmine Abdulcadir +2 more
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Auto-spermatophore extrusion in male crickets [PDF]
The reproductive cycle of the male cricket consists of the mating stage and the sexually refractory stage. The latter is further divided into the first refractory stage (RS1) from spermatophore extrusion in copulation to spermatophore preparation after ...
Kumashiro, Mikihiko +2 more
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Female circumcision is a tradition that is widespread and not restricted to predominantly Muslim countries. It is prevalent among all religious groups in many parts of Africa and Western Asia, whether they are Coptic Christians, Ethiopian Jews, or Arab ...
Jens Kutscher
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Human Female Genital Tract Infection by the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis Elicits Robust Type 2 Immunity [PDF]
While Chlamydia trachomatis infections are frequently asymptomatic, mechanisms that regulate host response to this intracellular Gram-negative bacterium remain undefined.
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