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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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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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The relationship between depression and self-mutilation in adolescence [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BThe importance of the relationship between depression and self-mutilation in the adolescent population is becoming more apparent. Analysis of these two variables demonstrates that they are correlated with one another in the adolescent population ...
Poppe, Robyn
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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 in light of Polish criminal law [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Female genital mutilation is a practice that causes devastating physical, psychological, and social consequences for girls and women. Female genital mutilation is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and ...
Banasik, K.
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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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Female genital mutilation and reporting duties for all clinical personnel.

, 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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Female genital mutilation in Nigeria

International 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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