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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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Social effect and female genital mutilation (FGM)

In this article we attempt to identify the impact of social effects on the decision to practice excision on girls, based on the methodology used by Bertrand, Luttmer and Mallainathan (2000). We are particularly interested in social determinants, and make
OUEDRAOGO, Salmata
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Multiculturalism and human rights

, 2023
Female Genital Mutilation, also referred as excision, female genital cutting or female circumcision, is a harmful traditional practice with strong ancestral and socio-cultural roots.
Santinho, C.
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GIRL CHILD IN AKPABUYO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

International Studies Journal
The main thrust of this study was to examine female genital mutilation and the development of the girl child in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.
NNANA OKOIOFEM, JULIANA JEROME ADIE, OMINI UBI UBI, RUNYI DANIEL JAMES   +3 more
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The microbiota of the female genital organs of women with pelvic inflammatory diseases

RUDN Journal of Medicine, 2016
Pelvic Inflammatory diseases (PID) is one of the most pressing and debated issues of modern gynecology. A special place is devoted to the study of the microflora of female genital mutilation, where there are many unresolved issues.
E V Nurgalieva, A O Dukhin, A E Gushin
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Female Genital Mutilation: Time for a Prosecution

, 2022
Female Genital Mutilation: Time for a ...
Felicity Gerry QC (13071006)
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The determinants of female genital mutilation among daughters in Nigeria.

PLOS Global Public Health
Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision (FGM/C) refers to the complete or incomplete removal of the female external genital or other injuries for non-medical or cultural reasons.
Charles Echezona Nzelu, Uche Maureen Nzelu, Amara Rita Ugwunze, Ngozi Azodoh   +3 more
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'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
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The article 583 bis of the Criminal Code: an illicit committed in the name of religion? - L’article n° 583 bis du Code Pénal : un acte illicite commis au nom de la réligion? - L’articolo 583 bis c.p. un illecito compiuto in nome della religione? [PDF]

Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 2009
Mutilations of female genital organs are a particularly difficult issue. That is the reason why it occupies historical, anthropological and medico-legal research.
Colombo C.
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Determinants of Disagreement with Female Genital Mutilation Among Mothers

International Journal of Women's Health, 2022
Esra Keles,1 Hasan Huseyin Eker,2 Guven Bektemur,3 Ifrah Adan Hilowle,4 Mohamed Mukhtar Kassim,5 Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle,6,7 Ali Adali,5 Şeyma Karaketir8 1Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Kartal ...
Keles E, Eker HH, Bektemur G, Hilowle IA, Kassim MM, Hassan-Kadle MA, Adali A, Karaketir Ş   +7 more
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