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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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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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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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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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Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background We updated the indirect estimates for women and girls living with Female Genital Mutilation Cutting (FGM/C) in Switzerland, using data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office of migrant women and girls born in one of the 30 high-prevalence ...
S. Cottler-Casanova, J. Abdulcadir
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Kayan mata: A silent and emerging form of female genital mutilation in Nigeria
Rwanda Medical Journal, 2022 Female genital mutilation involves any procedure of totally or partially removing external female genitalia or any form of injury directed to female genital organs for non-therapeutic purposes [1].
D. G. Muhammad
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Izzivi Prihodnosti, 2021 Research Question (RQ): FGM represents a global concern as 63 million more girls could be subjected to FGM by 2050. It is a deeply embedded cultural tradition that holds a symbolic meaning in numerous communities and is practiced in rural and urban ...
Ivana Hrvatin, Darija Šćepanović
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Interview with Maria Vizcaíno Gómez
Cultura de los Cuidados, 2018 In this brief interview with a specialist in gynecology member of the commission of monitoring of Female Genital Mutilation in the Valencian Community, are treated essential aspects of Female Genital Mutilation and especially its incidence in the context
José Siles González +1 more
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Female genital mutilation in France [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 The French Family Planning Association first protested to the World Health Organisation in 1977 about its continuing silence concerning the genital mutilation of girls in Africa and the Far East; that same year the French delegate to the regional council of the International Planned Parenthood Federation brought the issue before its medical commission.
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