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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 in Africa : A Comparative Study of Female Genital Mutilation
, 2021 This study examines how development phases such as education, economy and living in urban or rural areas have an impact on the phenomenon female genital mutilation.
Lewitz, Ebba, Solbrekke, Emma
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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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An evaluation of community-based interventions used on the prevention of female genital mutilation in West African countries [PDF]
, 2019 The traditional practice called female genital mutilation has been recorded in several countries in Africa and in other regions around the world. Female genital mutilation is regarded as a major public health burden due to the extensive health risks ...
Robinson, S., Ekundayo, R.
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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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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
, 2023 This open access book shows how the adoption of global justice, such as eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), has given rise to controversy, resistance, and transformation at the national, regional, and grass-roots levels in African ...
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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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, 2020 In recent decades, female genital mutilation has come to be regarded as a major breach of human rights. International anti-FGM agencies such as WHO, UNICEF and The Red Cross/Red Crescent have drawn up strongly worded documents designed to protect women ...
Malmström, Maria +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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