J Afr AIDS Res. 2009;8(4):491-502. Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique Kotanyi S, Krings-Ney B ABSTRACT In Mozambique, initiation rites represent the most appropriate socio-cultural context for dealing with sexuality for a large part of the population. As the group most vulnerableContinue reading “Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique”
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Ending female genital mutilation in the UK
Lancet. 2013 Nov 16;382(9905):1610. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62353-3. Ending female genital mutilation in the UK. [No authors listed] EXTRACT “Four women held me down. I felt every single cut. I was screaming so much I just blacked out.” So wrote Leyla Hussein in The Guardian last week about her experience of female genital mutilation (FGM). About 140 million girlsContinue reading “Ending female genital mutilation in the UK”
Kallestein: The Cut
Midwifery Today, 2009, issue 90 The Cut Kallestein LM EXTRACT I was just about to witness a young girl have her genitals cut off at the hand of her mother. Intentionally. With a razor blade. The government official, who should have prevented it from happening, smiled his semi-toothless smile at me, from outside the boma (homestead). TheContinue reading “Kallestein: The Cut”
[Some disturbing truths on female sexual mutilation]
Rev Med Suisse. 2007 Nov 14;3(133):2627. [Some disturbing truths on female sexual mutilation]. [Article in French] Nau JY. EXTRACT Au hit-parade des pathologies, elles ne font guère recette. Il est vrai qu’il s’agit de pathologies bien particulières qui, en théorie du moins, pourraient être aisément prévenues. «Dans le monde, 100 à 140 millions de fillesContinue reading “[Some disturbing truths on female sexual mutilation]”
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