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Female genital mutilation: prevalence, associated factors and health consequences among reproductive age group women in Keffa Zone, Southwest, Ethiopia

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain English Summary Female Genital Mutilation is a procedure involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for cultural or non-therapeutic reasons.
Tesfaye Abera Gudeta, Tilahun Mekonnen Regassa, Lalisa Chewaka Gamtessa   +2 more
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Female genital mutilation and skilled birth attendance among women in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background There is evidence that women who have had their genitals cut suffer substantial difficulties during and/or after childbirth, including the need for a caesarean section, an episiotomy, an extended hospital stay, post-partum bleeding, and ...
Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Barbara Sakyi, Collins Adu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Joycelyn Boatemaa Affum, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah   +6 more
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Trend in female genital mutilation and its associated adverse birth outcomes: A 10-year retrospective birth registry study in Northern Tanzania.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundApproximately 200 million women and girls were reported to have undergone female genital mutilation worldwide in 2015.UNICEF's data based on household survey estimates 15% of women from 15-49 years have undergone FGM from year 2004-2015 ...
Issa Rashid Suleiman, Eusebious Maro, Benjamin C Shayo, Julius Pius Alloyce, Gileard Masenga, Michael J Mahande, Bariki Mchome   +6 more
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Defibulation can recall the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Women with female genital mutilation/cutting are known to have psychological sequelae from the cutting and other traumatic experiences. However, very few studies report immediate psychological sequelae of genital reconstructive surgery in this
Gianmarco Taraschi, Emily Manin, Francesco Bianchi De Micheli, Jasmine Abdulcadir   +3 more
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The comparison of sexual function in types I and II of female genital mutilation

BMC Women's Health
Background Female genital mutilation has many sexual, physical, and psychological consequences. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), and Sexual Function among circumcised women in Sardasht
Kosar Hassannezhad, Firouzeh Asadzadeh, Sohrab Iranpour, Soheila Rabiepoor, Pouran Akhavan Akbari   +4 more
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Clitoral Therapy Device for Alleviating Sexual Dysfunction After Female Genital Mutilation: Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2023
BackgroundFemale genital mutilation is considered a crime but is still practiced today in Africa and the Middle East, despite all the laws that make this procedure illegal due to the long-term physical and psychological harm it ...
Hend Reda Sakr, Yahia Ali Ahmed, Reham Mohamed Kamel, Reem Hamdy Abdelhady, Reham Alaa Elkalla, Mina Atef Georgui, Wael Osama Abd El-khalek, Mariam Hossam El Ebrashy   +7 more
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Determinants of Female Genital Mutilation Among Under Five-Year Children in Motta Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: Unmatched Case Control Study

International Journal of Women's Health, 2023
Demeke Shumu,1 Balew Zeleke,2 Addisu Simachew3 1Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, Debre Markos University, College of Medicine and Health Science, Debre Markos, Ethiopia; 2Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, Bahir Dar ...
Shumu D, Zeleke B, Simachew A
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Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury associated with female genital mutilation/cutting and timing of deinfibulation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2022
Introduction A greater risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury has been reported among African migrants in several host countries compared with the general population. To what degree female genital mutilation/cutting affects this risk is not clear.
Sølvi Taraldsen, Siri Vangen, Pål Øian, Ingvil K. Sørbye   +3 more
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It’s a woman’s thing: gender roles sustaining the practice of female genital mutilation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2021
Introduction The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM/C) in traditional African societies is grounded in traditions of patriarchy that subjugate women. It is widely assumed that approaches to eradicating the practice must therefore focus on women’s
Patricia Akweongo, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Shirley Appiah-Yeboah, Evelyn Sakeah, James F. Phillips   +4 more
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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Sierra Leone: are educated women intending to circumcise their daughters? [PDF]

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2020
Background Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been recognized as a gross violation of human rights of girls and women. This is well established in numerous international legal instruments.
Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Ebenezer Kwesi Armah‐Ansah, Kofi Aduo-Adjei, Aisha Sena-Iddrisu   +4 more
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