Reprod Health. 2017 Mar 14;14(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0300-y. Injured bodies, damaged lives: experiences and narratives of Kenyan women with obstetric fistula and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Mwanri L, Gatwiri GJ. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: It is well acknowledged that Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C/C) leads to medical, psychological and sociocultural sequels. Over 200 million cases of FGM/C exist globally, and in KenyaContinue reading “Injured bodies, damaged lives: experiences and narratives of Kenyan women with obstetric fistula and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.”
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Grounded Theory A Methodology Choice to Investigating Labia Minora Elongation Among Zambians in South Africa
Int J Qual Methods. November 22, 2015, doi: 10.1177/1609406915618324 Grounded Theory. A Methodology Choice to Investigating Labia Minora Elongation Among Zambians in South Africa Martínez Pérez G, Mubanga M, Tomás Aznar C, Bagnol B ABSTRACT A study on how Zambian migrants living in Cape Town perceive and experience the implications of labial elongation on women’sContinue reading “Grounded Theory A Methodology Choice to Investigating Labia Minora Elongation Among Zambians in South Africa”
Women’s Sexuality as a Site of Control & Resistance: Views on the African Context
Keynote Address delivered at the International Conference on Bride price under the theme, “Coalition and Action to Safeguard Women and Children in the Family, “under the auspices of the Mifumi Project, February 17, 2004 at Makerere University, Kampala Women’s Sexuality as a Site of Control & Resistance: Views on the African Context Tamale S FacultyContinue reading “Women’s Sexuality as a Site of Control & Resistance: Views on the African Context”
Judging the Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries
Hastings Center Report. Article first published online: 23 MAR 2012. DOI: 10.2307/3527930. May-June 1996 26(3)31–40, Judging the Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries Sandra D. Lane and Robert A. Rubinstein ABSTRACT Western feminists, physicians, and ethicists condemn the traditional genital surgeries performed on women in some non-Western cultures. But coming to moral judgment is not the end of theContinue reading “Judging the Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries”
African Sexuality: A reader
Pambazuka Press has published the book “African Sexualities: A Reader”, a collection of research and opinion papers edited by the Ugandese writer Sylvia Tamale. In this book the following works can be found: 1. Introduction, by Sylvia Tamale 2. Researching and Theorizing Sexualities in Africa, by Sylvia Tamale 3. Doing Research on Sexuality in Africa: Ethical DilemmasContinue reading “African Sexuality: A reader”
A Rose by Any Other Name? Rethinking the Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Genital Cutting
Med Anthropol Q. 2007 Sept; 21 (3): 301–323 A Rose by Any Other Name? Rethinking the Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Genital Cutting Darby R, Svoboda JS ABSTRACT In this article, we offer a critical examination of the tendency to segregate discussion of surgical alterations to the male and female genitals into separate compartments—the firstContinue reading “A Rose by Any Other Name? Rethinking the Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Genital Cutting”
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)”
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