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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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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 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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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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Key points for abolishing Female Genital Mutilation from the perspective of the men involved [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: female Genital Mutilation is internationally considered an affront on human rights and an act of violence against women and young girls. Furthermore, it hierarchises and perpetuates inequality and denies the right to bodily and psychosocial
Almansa Martínez, Pilar +2 more
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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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We need to stop female genital mutilation! [PDF]
, 2016 Over the next decade around 30 million girls under age 15 are at risk of FGM/C. Given that there is no physical benefit for the girls and acknowledging that FGM/C involves physical, psychological, social and reproductive harm, we, along with major ...
Belizan, Jose +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Migration flows of women from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting practicing countries have generated a need for data on women potentially affected by Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.
Livia Elisa Ortensi +2 more
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Evolution of external female genital mutilation: why do males harm their mates? [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Sperm competition may select for male reproductive traits that influence female mating or oviposition rate. These traits may induce fitness costs to the female; however, they may be costly for the males as well as any decrease in female fitness also ...
Pierick Mouginot +2 more
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Heliyon, 2020 Background: Female genital mutilation affects the social, psychological, spiritual and physical well-being of women. In Ethiopia, studies regarding the female genital mutilation were conducted in various settings and years.
Robera Olana Fite +3 more
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