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Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland

open access: yesBMC 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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Ethical challenges of female genital mutilation and of male circumcision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
O trabalho aborda os desafios éticos concernentes à mutilação genital feminina e à circuncisão masculina, mostrando similitudes e diferenças. A circuncisão masculina é um procedimento médico para determinadas condições clínicas da saúde genital masculina.
Melo, Dario Martins Palhares de   +1 more
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Kayan mata: A silent and emerging form of female genital mutilation in Nigeria

open access: yesRwanda 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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Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) coding capacities in Swiss university hospitals using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background The real prevalence and incidence of women living with or at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is unknown in Switzerland and many parts of Europe, as there are no representative surveys similar to DHS or MICS for European ...
S. Cottler-Casanova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interview with Maria Vizcaíno Gómez

open access: yesCultura 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
doaj   +1 more source

Debating medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) : learning from (policy) experiences across countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Although Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is internationally considered a harmful practice, it is increasingly being medicalized allegedly to reduce its negative health effects, and is thus suggested as a harm reduction strategy in ...
Barrett, Hazel   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury associated with female genital mutilation/cutting and timing of deinfibulation

open access: yesActa 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Commentary: Actions to end violence against women : a multi-sector approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many forms of violence affect women and girls, such as physical and sexual abuse, trafficking, female genital mutilation, early and forced marriage, murders in the name of honour or dowry, and sexual harassment and abuse by authority figures.
García-Moreno, Claudia   +1 more
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Mutilación genital femenina y matrimonio precoz en Kenia: la respuesta local ante normas globales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cloward, Karisa. When Norms Collide. Local Responses to Activism against Female Genital Mutilation and Early Marriage. Oxford University Press, 2016314 págs.
Mobayed, Saide
core   +3 more sources

Female genital mutilation - from tradition to femicide [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2017
Female genital mutilation has been drawing international attention for the last couple of decades, but this phenomenon is almost unknown in Serbia.
Rakić Jelena
doaj   +1 more source

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