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Capacity building for healthcare workers on preventing and managing female genital mutilation: Impact on knowledge, attitudes, skills, and quality of care-A systematic review. [PDF]
Int J Gynaecol ObstetAbstract Background Despite declining prevalence in some regions, female genital mutilation (FGM) remains a major public health issue, causing both immediate and long‐term health complications. Objectives The objective of this present study was to determine the effect of training healthcare workers, providing access to resources for capacity‐building ...
Oringanje C +7 more
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Early childhood female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone, 2008-2019. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundFemale genital mutilation remains a public health concern and human rights violation affecting young girls in Sierra Leone, despite global efforts to eliminate the practice.
Augustus Osborne +3 more
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The determinants of female genital mutilation among daughters in Nigeria. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthFemale 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 +3 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 +3 more
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Female genital mutilation in Britain [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 Much has been written about female genital mutilation in Africa, but little attention has been paid to its existence in Britain. Though it has been illegal in this country since 1985, it is practised secretly or children are sent abroad to have the operation.
J A, Black, G D, Debelle
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Analiza i Egzystencja, 2020 Female genital mutilation includes procedures which remove or cause injury to some or all women’s external genital organs. There are a lot of medical risks involved - nevertheless, in some societies it is mainstream practice, carried out mostly on girls ...
Karolina Wiśniowska
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Female genital mutilation among Iraqi Kurdish women: a cross-sectional study from Erbil city [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Iraqi Kurdistan region is one of the areas where female genital mutilation is reportedly widely practiced but inadequately studied. The aim of this study was to determine (i) the prevalence of female genital mutilation among Muslim Kurdish ...
Berivan A Yasin +3 more
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Betydelser av könsstympning hos migrerade minoriteter i Sverige
Sociologisk Forskning, 2020 The article examines meanings and attitudes to female genital mutilation among migrated minorities in Sweden. It explores the importance of family, networks, work, the role of laws and regulations, and the meaning and importance of female genital ...
Sofia Strid
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Female Genital Mutilation [PDF]
JAMA, 2002 THE PROBLEM OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) INSPIRED NEARLY 100 medical students from 3 continents to submit their work for the 2002 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest for Medical Students. Essayists discussed ethical issues that would arise if an 18-year-old woman requested thatasurgeonintheUnitedStatesperformFGMonherbeforeshereturned home to Africa,
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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 +7 more
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