Gac Sanit. 2014 Mar 24. pii: S0213-9111(14)00047-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.02.006. [Epub ahead of print] [The voice of women subjected to female genital mutilation in the Region of Murcia (Spain).] [Article in Spanish] Ballesteros Meseguer C, Almansa Martínez P, Pastor Bravo MD, Jiménez Ruiz I. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To explore the perceptions of a group of women whoContinue reading “[The voice of women subjected to female genital mutilation in the Region of Murcia (Spain).] [Article in Spanish]”
Tag Archives: Gender Identity
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.”
Virginity testing: managing sexuality in a maturing HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Med Anthropol Q. 2001 Dec;15(4):533-52. Virginity testing: managing sexuality in a maturing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Leclerc-Madlala S. Department of Anthropology, University of Natal. ABSTRACT KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa is currently the site of the world’s fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, where it is estimated that between 30 and 40 percent of the adult population is seropositiveContinue reading “Virginity testing: managing sexuality in a maturing HIV/AIDS epidemic.”
The cultural context of gender, identity: female genital, excision and infibulation
Health Care for Women International. 2003 24(2) 115-124 The cultural context of gender, identity: female genital, excision and infibulation Bilkis Vissandjée, Mireille Kantiébo, Alissa Levine & Radegonde N’Dejuru ABSTRACT Our goal is to explore the practices of female genital excision and infibulation as they relate to gender identity and the acculturation process in Canada. We examined relevant research onContinue reading “The cultural context of gender, identity: female genital, excision and infibulation”
Female circumcision among Egyptian women.
Womens Health. 1995 Winter;1(4):309-28. Female circumcision among Egyptian women. Ericksen KP. Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis 95616, USA. kpericksen@ucdavis.edu Although a remarkable degree of consensus has been reached among international agencies, policymakers, and women’s health advocates that the practice of female circumcision should be eliminated, such consensus is not necessarily shared byContinue reading “Female circumcision among Egyptian women.”
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