Tag Archives: Behavior

The Applicability of Behaviour Change in Intervention Programmes Targeted at Ending Female Genital Mutilation in the EU: Integrating Social Cognitive and Community Level Approaches.

Obstet Gynecol Int. 2013;2013:324362. doi: 10.1155/2013/324362. Epub 2013 Jul 29.  The Applicability of Behaviour Change in Intervention Programmes Targeted at Ending Female Genital Mutilation in the EU: Integrating Social Cognitive and Community Level Approaches. Brown K, Beecham D, Barrett H. Faculty of Business, Environment and Society, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK. ABSTRACTContinue reading “The Applicability of Behaviour Change in Intervention Programmes Targeted at Ending Female Genital Mutilation in the EU: Integrating Social Cognitive and Community Level Approaches.”

Female genital cutting. Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys.

Afr Popul Dev Bull. 1999 Jun-Jul:26-7. Female genital cutting. Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys. [No authors listed] PIP: This article reports on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Central African Republic (CAR), Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Mali, Tanzania and Yemen. Evidences from the Demographic and Health Surveys indicate that FGMContinue reading “Female genital cutting. Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys.”

Views of women and men in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, on three forms of female genital modification

Reprod Health Matters. May 2010, 18(35):84-93 Views of women and men in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, on three forms of female genital modification Jirovsky E ABSTRACT This paper is about how female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) was viewed by women and men aged 18–89 in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, now that it has been against the law for almost 15 years. The findings come from 11Continue reading “Views of women and men in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, on three forms of female genital modification”

When female circumcision comes to the West: Attitudes toward the practice among Somali Immigrants in Oslo.

BMC Public Health. 2012 Aug 27;12(1):697. [Epub ahead of print] When female circumcision comes to the West: Attitudes toward the practice among Somali Immigrants in Oslo. Gele AA Gele Aa, Johansen EB Johansen Eb, Huage MI Hauge Mi, Sundby J Sundby J. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Female circumcision (FC) has lifelong adverse social and health consequences forContinue reading “When female circumcision comes to the West: Attitudes toward the practice among Somali Immigrants in Oslo.”

Impact of a communication programme on female genital cutting in eastern Nigeria

Trop Med Int Health. 2006 Oct; 11(10):1594-1603 Impact of a communication programme on female genital cutting in eastern Nigeria Babalola S, Brasington A, Agbasimalo A, Helland A, Nwanguma E, Onah N ABSTRACT Objectives  This study describes a female genital cutting (FGC) elimination communication programme in Enugu State and assesses its impact in changing relevant knowledge,Continue reading “Impact of a communication programme on female genital cutting in eastern Nigeria”

6000 girls at risk every day. Female genital mutilation, although illegal, is still widely practiced.

Womens Health Newsl. 1993 Nov;(20):10-1. 6000 girls at risk every day. Female genital mutilation, although illegal, is still widely practiced. Darkenoo E. ABSTRACT PIP: 6000 girls face the risk of genital mutilation daily. More than 100 million women worldwide have already undergone genital mutilation. It increases the risk of death during childbirth and of fetalContinue reading “6000 girls at risk every day. Female genital mutilation, although illegal, is still widely practiced.”

Abuja declaration calls for action against hazardous traditional practices.

Newsl Inter Afr Comm Tradit Pract Affect Health Women Child. 1990 May;(9):13-4. Abuja declaration calls for action against hazardous traditional practices. [No authors listed] ABSTRACT PIP: The UN Economic Commission for Africa organized a conference in Abuja, Nigeria, last November to review the “Role of Women in Africa in the 1990s” as a follow-up ofContinue reading “Abuja declaration calls for action against hazardous traditional practices.”

In Uganda, elders work with the UN to safeguard women’s health.

UN Chron. 1999;36(1):31. In Uganda, elders work with the UN to safeguard women’s health. Eliah E ABSTRACT This article reports on the 1998 UN population award that was given to Uganda’s Sabiny Elders Association (SEA) for its work in combatting female circumcision (FC) among the Sabiny people in Eastern Uganda’s Kapchorwa district. The elders aimedContinue reading “In Uganda, elders work with the UN to safeguard women’s health.”