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THE CUSTOM OF CIRCUMCISION IN SOUTH AFRICA: STATUTORY REGULATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

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The African custom of traditional circumcision is a sacred and very important ritual among most African tribes. Before a boy can be regarded as a man he must undergo the circumcision ritual. This is his passage to manhood. Traditionally this must be done
Dorothy Moila
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Rising Deaths of Xhosa Male Initiates

New Trends in Social and Liberal Sciences
Ulwaluko, the traditional male initiation rite practiced by the Xhosa people, holds deep cultural significance as a passage into manhood. Rooted in ancestral teachings and community values, it encompasses both physical circumcision and moral education ...
Lutho Mbabane, Anathi Beauty Mabungela
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Traditional male circumcision-related fatalities in the Mthatha area of South Africa

Medicine, Science and the Law, 2010
Traditional male circumcision is still widely practised by the Xhosa population throughout South Africa. Male circumcision is carried out mainly during summer and winter seasons. This is a retrospective record review of the male circumcision-related fatalities at Mthatha General Hospital during 2005 and 2006.
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Traditional male circumcision intervention report

This intervention report is divided into six parts dealing with the following issues: 1. Attitudes of pre-initiates towards traditional male circumcision in the context of HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 2. Evaluation of a safer male circumcision training programme for traditional surgeons and nurses in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 3 ...
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The Double Standards in Genital Mutilation

European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
This article extends a decade of phenomenological research on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran (Ahmady et al., 2015) to critically examine the parallel practice of male genital mutilation (MGM). The initial study, which documented the perpetuation
Kameel Ahmady
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADITIONAL MALE CIRCUMCISION POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA

PONTE International Scientific Researchs Journal, 2022
Sentiwe Maxwell, Makiwane Beauty, Lukman Yusuf   +2 more
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Traditional male circumcision: ways to prevent deaths due to dehydration

Deaths of initiates occurring in the circumcision initiation schools are preventable. Current studies list dehydration as one of the underlying causes of deaths among traditional male circumcision initiates in the Eastern Cape, a province in South Africa, but ways to prevent dehydration in the initiation schools have not been adequately explored.
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Cutting to the Chase: Donor Expediency Drives the Campaign for Safe Male Circumcision in Botswana

, 2017
Krista Johnson
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“What a Miracle to Manhood!” Lemba Male Circumcision in Light of Devastating HIV/AIDS Pandemic: A Case Study of Lemba Tribe in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe

, 2017
Obey Mlauzi
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Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about male circumcision and HIV by traditional and medical providers of male circumcision and traditionally and medically circumcised men in Mpumalanga, South Africa

The aims of this study in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are to assess (1) the current behavioural risk reduction messages and HIV/AIDS education provided by medical and traditional providers of male circumcision to men undergoing medical and traditional circumcision and (2) the risk-related behavioural beliefs regarding circumcision, HIV/AIDS risks ...
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