The Health Consequences of Female Circumcision: Science, Advocacy, and Standards of Evidence

Med Anthropol Q. 2003 Sept; 17 (3): 394-412 The Health Consequences of Female Circumcision: Science, Advocacy, and Standards of Evidence Makhlouf Obermeyer C ABSTRACT This two-part article addresses questions that have arisen in current debates on the health consequences of female circumcision. The first part responds to a critique of a 1999 article and focuses onContinue reading “The Health Consequences of Female Circumcision: Science, Advocacy, and Standards of Evidence”

The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective (review)

Harvard Human Rights Journal. August 2001;23(3):832-836.   The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective (review)   Carpenter RC   In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:R. Charli Carpenter – The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective (review) – Human Rights Quarterly 23:3 Human Rights Quarterly 23.3 (2001) 832-836 BookContinue reading “The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective (review)”

Moolaadé (review)

Harvard Human Rights Journal. November 2008;30(4):1058-1060. Moolaadé (review) Ibhawoh B. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Moolaadé (review)”> Project MUSE – Human Rights Quarterly – Moolaadé (review) Browse > Social Sciences > Political Science > Democracy and Human Rights > Human Rights Quarterly > Volume 30, Number 4,Continue reading “Moolaadé (review)”

Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review).

Harvard Human Rights Journal. August 2001;23(3):836-840. Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review). Neuwirth J. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Jessica Neuwirth – Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review) – Human Rights Quarterly 23:3 Human Rights Quarterly 23.3Continue reading “Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review).”

Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests

Cuad. med. forense v.16 n.3 Sevilla jul.-sep. 2010 Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests [article in Spanish] MA. Gallego; MI. López Médico forense. Instituto de Medicina legal de Cataluña. ABSTRACT The gradual arrival in Spain of people from sub-Saharan Africa, has highlighted the practice of a series of ancient rituals in girls, harmful to their health, andContinue reading “Female genital mutilation. Review and aspects of medico-legal interests”