Results 21 to 30 of about 2,228 (161)

Decision-making in the practice of female genital mutilation or cutting in Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Global Health Research and Policy, 2019
Background Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a form of violence against women and girls that is widely performed in about 30 countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Majdi M. Sabahelzain, Ahmed Gamal Eldin, Suad Babiker, Caroline W. Kabiru, Muna Eltayeb   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Promote locally led initiatives to fight female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)” lessons from anti-FGM/C advocates in rural Kenya

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a tradition rooted in culture and involves the partial or total removal or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Purity Mwendwa, Naomi Mutea, Mary Joy Kaimuri, Aoife De Brún, Thilo Kroll   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation, and Women’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Intention to Practice in Egypt: A Nationwide Survey

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2020
Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation of girls and women and quite common in several countries, including Egypt.
Marwa S.M. Abdou, Iman M.H. Wahdan, Nessrin A. El-Nimr   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring the association between perceived male attitudes and female attitudes toward the discontinuation of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Egypt

Frontiers in Sociology, 2023
IntroductionThere are 200 million girls and women alive worldwide that have undergone the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and 4 million girls are at risk of undergoing the practice each year. FGM/C provides no known health benefits,
Zita Zsabokorszky, Zita Zsabokorszky, Sarah Van de Velde, Kristien Michielsen, Nina Van Eekert, Nina Van Eekert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concomitants of Order Statistics and Record Values from Iterated FGM Type Bivariate-Generalized Exponential Distribution

Revstat Statistical Journal, 2021
We introduce the successive iterations in the original FGM type bivariate-generalized exponential distribution. Some distributional properties of concomitants of order statistics as well as record values for this family are studied. Recurrence relations
H.M. Barakat , E.M. Nigm , M.A. Alawady , I.A. Husseiny   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing gender norms around female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C): a key role for social work in the Global North

Frontiers in Sociology, 2023
“Female genital mutilation/cutting” (FGM/C) refers to procedures that involve altering the external female genitalia with the aim of reinforcing gendered body norms.
Michela Villani
doaj   +1 more source

On the construction of bivariate linear exponential distribution with FGM family

, 2015
25 ...
El-Damcese, M. A., Ramadan, Dina. A.
openaire   +2 more sources

Pre-crime, hyper-vigilance and the over-surveillance of migrant-heritage families in ‘FGM-safeguarding’ in England and Wales [PDF]

Critical and Radical Social Work
This article investigates the role of pre-emptive policies and practices aiming to eliminate female genital cutting/mutilation (FGC/M) in England and Wales. We argue that the Serious Crime Act 2015, with its focus on pre-empting, uncovering and punishing FGC/M, represents a milestone in the development of a pre-crime society.
Pantazis, Christina, Carver, Natasha, Karlsen, Saffron, Mogilnicka, Magda, White, Rebecca   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Shifts in FGM/C practice in Sudan: communities’ perspectives and drivers

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background Although Sudan has one of the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), there have been shifts in e practice. These shifts include a reduction in the prevalence among younger age cohorts, changes in the types of FGM/C,
Nafisa Bedri, Huda Sherfi, Ghada Rudwan, Sara Elhadi, Caroline Kabiru, Wafaa Amin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN TEMBELING TANJUNG, RIAU ARCHIPELAGO PROVINCE

Buana Gender: Jurnal Studi Gender dan Anak, 2023
In the social process, individual humans are seen as relatively free creators of social reality in their social world, therefore the construction built by each individual is different, until the emergence of a phenomenon, namely the construction of ...
Marisa Elsera, Neverandle Kadingga Wardhana, Sri Wahyuni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source