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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Italy: an enhanced estimation for first generation migrant women based on 2016 survey data

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, Patrizia Farina, Els Leye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of female genital mutilation among women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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, Lolemo Kelbiso Hanfore, Eyasu Alem Lake, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical challenges of female genital mutilation and of male circumcision [PDF]

, 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, Squinca, Flávia   +1 more
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Attitudes of health care providers regarding female genital mutilation and its medicalization in Guinea

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Guinea has a high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) (95%) and it is a major concern affecting the health and the welfare of women and girls. Population-based surveys suggest that health care providers are implicated in carrying out
M. Balde, Sarah O’Neill, A. O. Sall, Mamadou Bailo Balde, A. Soumah, B. Diallo, Christina Pallitto   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hierarchical modelling of factors associated with the practice and perpetuation of female genital mutilation in the next generation of women in Africa

PLoS ONE, 2021
Despite a total prohibition on the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), young girls continue to be victims in some African countries. There is a paucity of data on the effect of FGM practice in two generations in Africa.
A. Fagbamigbe, I. Morhason-Bello, Y. O. Kareem, E. Idemudia   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

BMC 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, M. Horowicz, A. Gayet-Ageron, J. Abdulcadir   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Female genital mutilation/cutting, timing of deinfibulation, and risk of cesarean section

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2021
The impact of female genital mutilation/cutting on obstetric outcomes in high‐income countries is not clear. In general, women with female genital mutilation/cutting type 3 (infibulation) seem to be most at risk of adverse outcomes such as cesarean ...
Sølvi Taraldsen, S. Vangen, P. Øian, I. Sørbye   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, María del Carmen Solano Ruiz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source