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Leadership for Cultural Transformation: Addressing Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya

Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 2015
The cultural practice of female genital mutilation persists, with grave implications for girls’ and women’s health. The cultural reasons behind the practice are complex.
Kerubo Abuya
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of pain management, supervised exercise, and pelvic floor muscle training on sexual function in women with endometriosis: A randomized controlled trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
A multimodal intervention including supervised exercise, pelvic floor muscle training, and pain management was associated with modest short‐term improvements in sexual function among women with endometriosis. Findings should be interpreted cautiously due to differences in sexual activity status between groups.
Rakel Gabrielsen, Tina Tellum, Kari Bø, Marie Ellström Engh, Merete Kolberg Tennfjord   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debating medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): learning from (policy) experiences across countries

Reproductive Health, 2019
Background Although Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is internationally considered a harmful practice, it is increasingly being medicalized allegedly to reduce its negative health effects, and is thus suggested as a harm reduction strategy in ...
Els Leye, Nina Van Eekert, Simukai Shamu, Tammary Esho, Hazel Barrett, ANSER   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Out with the old, in with the new? A retrospective comparison of malleable erectile implants in phalloplasty

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objective To compare the long‐term outcomes of the two main types of malleable erectile implants after phalloplasty in transgender men: models originally designed for cisgender men (conventional models) or the more recently developed Zephyr Surgical Implants (Geneva, Switzerland) female‐to‐male 100 implant (ZSI FtM 100) specifically for phalloplasty ...
Maya Levy, Emma L. van Abbema, Brechje L. Ronkes, Mark‐Bram Bouman, R. Jeroen A. van Moorselaar, Garry L. S. Pigot   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female genital cutting in Egypt: drivers and potential responses

Development in Practice, 2017
ABSTRACTFemale genital cutting (FGC) is a major issue at the interplay of faith and health in development. The practice is in part faith-inspired, and has clear negative health impacts. The prevalence of FGC remains especially high in Egypt. This article reflects on some of the factors that lead to the perpetuation of the practice by analysing data ...
Wodon, Quentin, Yedan, Ali, Leye, Els
openaire   +2 more sources

A revised classification system of the marronoid clade of spiders (Araneae), based on dense sampling phylogenomics and comparative morphology

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The marronoid clade is a globally distributed, ecologically diverse group of spiders. It is an important faunal component in both natural and synanthropic environments, and even found in aquatic and extreme habitats such as desert salt flats. The systematics of the marronoid clade has been notoriously unstable due to the widespread character ...
Jonas O. Wolff, Michael B. J. Kelly, Franklyn Cala‐Riquelme, Jacob A. Gorneau, Katherine O. Montana, Helen M. Smith, Phil J. Sirvid, Cor J. Vink, Lauren A. Esposito, Martín J. Ramírez, Charles E. Griswold   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

'It is what was handed over to us as our heritage and must not be taken away just like that': Traditional birth attendants' attitudes towards the elimination of intergenerational female genital mutilation/cutting in Osun State, Nigeria.

PLOS Global Public Health
Female genital mutilation/cutting is a harmful practice that violates the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls. The practice is often perpetrated directly or indirectly from one generation to another as a way of preserving the culture,
Rosemary Omolara Fafowora, Sinegugu Evidence Duma   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

International efforts on abandoning female genital mutilation

African Journal of Urology, 2013
Female genital mutilation (FGM), sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital cutting, is a harmful cultural practice without any known health benefit.
E. Edouard, O. Olatunbosun, L. Edouard
doaj   +1 more source

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus in Genital Skin: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) represents the most common variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, a skin‐specific autoimmune disorder within the broader lupus erythematosus spectrum Clinically, DLE is characterized by erythematous, scaly plaques with areas of hyperpigmentation.
Ala' Abu‐Dayeh, Daniel Miller, Alessio Giubellino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatments for Molluscum contagiosum: A systematic review

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a viral skin infection that poses significant physical and psychosocial burdens, particularly in pediatric and immunocompromised populations. Despite the availability of various treatment options, comparative efficacy and safety data remain limited.
Ou Jia (Emilie) Wang, Mahek Shergill, Ammar Saed Aldien, Ilya Mukovozov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source