Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Feb;136 Suppl 1:38-42. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12049. Sexual counselling for treating or preventing sexual dysfunction in women living with female genital mutilation: A systematic review. Okomo U, Ogugbue M, Inyang E, Meremikwu MM. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Female sexual dysfunction is the persistent or recurring decrease in sexual desire or arousal, the difficulty or inability toContinue reading “Sexual counselling for treating or preventing sexual dysfunction in women living with female genital mutilation: A systematic review.”
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Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence.
Glob Public Health. 2008;3 Suppl 1:42-57. doi: 10.1080/17441690801892307. Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence. Keleher H, Franklin L. Department of Health Science, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Australia. Helen.Keleher@med.monash.edu.au ABSTRACT Gendered norms are embedded in social structures, operating to restrict the rights, opportunities,Continue reading “Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence.”
Female Genital Mutilation in Benin
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Country Fact Sheet: Female Genital Mutilation in Benin NN.AA. EXTRACT … According to the 2006 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), which assesses the health of the country‘s population, 13 per cent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have been subjected to FGM. This is a clearContinue reading “Female Genital Mutilation in Benin”
Lower genital tract lesions requiring surgical intervention in girls: perspective from a developing country
J Paediatr Child Health. 2009 Oct;45(10):610-3. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01574.x. Epub 2009 Sep 14. Lower genital tract lesions requiring surgical intervention in girls: perspective from a developing country. Ekenze SO, Mbadiwe OM, Ezegwui HU. Sub-Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. sebekenze@gmail.com ABSTRACT AIM: To determine the spectrum, outcome of treatment and the challengesContinue reading “Lower genital tract lesions requiring surgical intervention in girls: perspective from a developing country”
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.”
Global women’s health in 2010: facing the challenges.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Nov;19(11):2081-9. Epub 2010 Oct 28. Global women’s health in 2010: facing the challenges. Lester F, Benfield N, Fathalla MM. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA. flester@partners.org ABSTRACT Women’s health is closely linked to a nation’s level of development, with the leading causes of death inContinue reading “Global women’s health in 2010: facing the challenges.”
[Medical and legal aspects of genital mutilation and circumcision part I: female genital mutilation (FGM)].
Arch Kriminol. 2011 Jan-Feb;227(1-2):1-22. [Medical and legal aspects of genital mutilation and circumcision part I: female genital mutilation (FGM)]. [Article in German] Dettmeyer R, Laux J, Friedl H, Zedler B, Bratzke H, Parzeller M. Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Giessen. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is considered to be against the law and against moralityContinue reading “[Medical and legal aspects of genital mutilation and circumcision part I: female genital mutilation (FGM)].”
Female genital mutilation: What can be done?
Lancet. 2000 Feb;356:S57 Female genital mutilation: What can be done? Ndubuisi Eke Preview Female genital mutilation, euphemistically and erroneously referred to as “female circumcision”, is practised worldwide and the victims exceed 135 million. Although attempts have been made to classify the extent of this barbaric practice, it has been suggested that anatomically, the perpetrators “knowContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: What can be done?”
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