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PLoS ONEBackgroundThe practice of female genital mutilation is associated with harmful social norms promoting violence against girls and women. Various studies have been conducted to examine the prevalence of female genital mutilation and its associated factors.
Richard Gyan Aboagye +7 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer +3 more
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Acta 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
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Female genital mutilation and childbirth
Saudi Medical Journal, 2005 The practice of female genital mutilation sadly remains to this day, part of the life of many women worldwide. In the Middle East and Africa, it is hard to practice obstetrics and gynecology without some knowledge of the condition. This review is an attempt to discuss the salient points as regards to management of these women during pregnancy and labor.
Badreldeen, Ahmed, Mandy, Abushama
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Female genital mutilation. [PDF]
BMJ, 1993 Female genital mutilation also misleadingly known as female circumcision is usually performed on girls ranging in from 1 week to puberty. Immediate physical complications include severe pain shock infection bleeding acute urinary infection tetanus and death.
M, Ladjali, T W, Rattray, R J, Walder
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Maternal deaths in the UK before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.During the COVID‐19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in the rate of maternal mortality, particularly from direct causes of death. This was accompanied by a greater prevalence of mental health and social complexities amongst the women who died, underscoring the importance of maintaining equitable care access during future crises.
Allison Felker, Marian Knight
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Women and genital cosmetic surgery [PDF]
, 2013 This Issues Paper critically explores female genital cosmetic surgery in the Victorian context: to better understand what it is, who is undertaking it, and their reasons for doing so.
Jessica Malone
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The comparison of sexual function in types I and II of female genital mutilation
BMC Women's HealthBackground Female genital mutilation has many sexual, physical, and psychological consequences. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), and Sexual Function among circumcised women in Sardasht
Kosar Hassannezhad +4 more
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Kampanye Penghentian Klitoridektomi dan Peran Strategis HIMPSI
Humaniora, 2010 If the word “mutilation” entered in internet search engine, pages appear will be about “female genital mutilation” (FGM). Association about mutilation and female genital mutilation gives a negative connotation to “mutilation” term, that is such harmful ...
Reza Indragiri Amriel
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Honour‐based violence (HBV) is a serious social problem with significant health and social consequences for affected children. Despite growing policy attention, little is known about how child protection services address HBV in practice. This study examines how child protection investigations categorized as HBV are handled by a specialized ...
Stina Lindegren, Siv‐Britt Björktomta
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