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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: A DIFFERENT KIND OF TERRORISM [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This thesis demonstrates that in addition to constituting a human rights violation, female genital mutilation can also function as a form of terrorism against women and girls.
Krebs, Kristie L.
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Weak law forbidding female genital mutilation in Red Sea State, Sudan

open access: yes, 2017
This paper critically investigates the criminalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Red Sea, a state with one of the highest prevalence rates of FGM/C in Sudan (where 89% of females have undergone the procedure).
al-Nagar, Samia   +2 more
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Female Genital Mutilation (International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Editorial Comment)

open access: yes, 2018
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Editorial Comment by Dr.
Ravneet Malhi
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Female genital mutilation in Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 1996
Despite its harmful effects on the health of women, female genital mutilation or female circumcision is practiced in many developing countries. In Nigeria the incidence ranges from 29.5% in the urban areas to over 90% in the rural areas.
C N Obionu
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Female genital mutilation and reporting duties for all clinical personnel.

open access: yes, 2016
Female genital mutilation is illegal. It is now mandatory for health-care professionals to report female genital mutilation to the police. Professionals caring for women and girls of all ages must understand how female genital mutilation presents, and ...
Armstrong, Jane, Cropp, Gabrielle
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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) [PDF]

open access: yes
It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in the countries where the practice is concentrated. The majority of girls are cut before they turn 15 years old.
McGarry, Julie   +9 more
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Female genital mutilation: Survey of paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes and practice

open access: yes, 2016
The study objective was to determine paediatricians' experience with female genital mutilation (FGM) in Australian children and adolescents. A cross-sectional, pilot-tested national survey of paediatricians practising in Australia and contributing to the
Elliott, Elizabeth J   +5 more
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Female genital mutilation : five unanswered questions

open access: yes, 1994
tag=1 data=Female genital mutilation : five unanswered questions. tag=3 data=Post Migration, tag=6 data=^d ^mJuly ^y1994 tag=8 data=WOMEN tag=9 data=FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION tag=15 data ...

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Female genital mutilation in Kenya : a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis is based on literature review and the author`s own experiences about Female Genital Mutilation in her own community in Kenya. The author will also describe Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya.
Cheserem, Sarah
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Clitoridectomy, excision, infibulation- female circumcision ritual and its consequences for women's health

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
The issue of female mutilation is important for modern gynecology and obstetrics. The article discusses the concepts of ritual, tradition and initiation as the moment of introduction into the world of adulthood. The approach to circumcision was explained
Dorota Rogala   +2 more
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