Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies for Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming, and Utilizing the Convention against Torture [PDF]
, 2008 The intent of this article is to graphically describe female genital mutilation (FGM); discuss the background of FGM and its health, psychological, and social implications; propose some workable solutions to ending FGM; and raise the level of awareness ...
Broussard, Patricia A.
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Global Concern [PDF]
, 2016 Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a human rights issue that affects girls and women worldwide. As such, its elimination is a global concern.
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Cultural Rights and Civic Virtue [PDF]
This paper addresses the potential tension between two broadly stated policy objectives: the preservation of distinctive cultural traditions, often through the mechanism of formal legal rights, and the fostering of civic virtue, a sense of local ...
Richard Thompson Ford
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HIV and Income Inequality: If There is a Link, What Does It Tell Us? [PDF]
There is a striking variation in the prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among countries and regions of the world, with a distinct geographical pattern. This paper explores the link between income inequality and HIV.
Göran Holmqvist
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THE SUTURELESS CIRCUMCISION- AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE STANDARD TECHNIQUE
National Journal of Medical Research, 2012 Introduction: circumcision is a commonly performed surgery. Surgeons have become increasingly interested in the use of adhesive bonds. Recent advances have been made in the use of tissue glue in the circumcision.
Hiren D Parmar, Supreet D Bhatt
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Know your HIV epidemic (KYE) report: review of the HIV epidemic in South Africa.
, 2011 In order to update and consolidate South Africa’s evidence base for HIV-prevention interventions, it was decided by the Government of South Africa to commission a synthesis of the available data on the epidemiology of prevalent and incident HIV ...
Chikwava, Fadzai +6 more
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Dangerous to mix: culture and politics in a traditional circumcision in South Africa. [PDF]
Afr Health Sci, 2015 Banwari M.
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Traditional circumcision - the unkindest cut of all
South African Medical Journal, 2010 openaire +3 more sources
National Strategy for Scaling up Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention 2010 - 2015:Enhancing Men's Role in HIV Prevention [PDF]
, 2010 Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, (MoHSW)
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Islamic Law and the Issue of Male and Female Circumcision [PDF]
, 1995 Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A.
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