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”
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Tackling female genital mutilation in the UK.
BMJ. 2013 Dec 4;347:f7150. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7150. Tackling female genital mutilation in the UK. Creighton SM, Liao LM. EXTRACT As a result of the diaspora of communities that practise female genital mutilation, many more women are now living with genital mutilation in the United Kingdom, and many more girls are at risk. The campaign to endContinue reading “Tackling female genital mutilation in the UK.”
Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues
Midwifery Today, 2006, 80 Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues Skaine R [Review first published in Midwifery Today Issue 80, Winter 2006, © 2006, Midwifery Today, Inc. Review by Cheryl K. Smith.] [2005, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 321 pages, paperback.] Female genital mutilation (FGM), also sometimes known as female circumcision, comprises all procedures involving partial orContinue reading “Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues”
Australia aims to eliminate female genital mutilation
BMJ. 2012 Dec 17;345:e8553. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8553. Australia aims to eliminate female genital mutilation. Sweet M. EXTRACT The Australian government has announced a suite of measures aimed at eliminating female genital mutilation, a practice that it has described as “barbaric” and “horrific.” A joint statement by the prime minister, Julia Gillard, and the health minister, TanyaContinue reading “Australia aims to eliminate female genital mutilation”
Female genital mutilation: the ethical impact of the new Italian law.
J Med Ethics. 2007 Feb;33(2):98-101. Female genital mutilation: the ethical impact of the new Italian law. Turillazzi E, Fineschi V. Department of Legal Medicine, University of Foggia, Policlinico Ospedali Riuniti, Via Luigi Pinto 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy. ABSTRACT Despite global and local attempts to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the practice persists in some partsContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: the ethical impact of the new Italian law.”
Egypt tightens ban on female genital mutilation after 12 year old girl dies.
BMJ. 2007 Jul 7;335(7609):15. Egypt tightens ban on female genital mutilation after 12 year old girl dies. Meleigy M. EXTRACT Egypt has announced that it is imposing a complete ban on female genital mutilation. The ban was imposed last week by the Ministry of Health after a public outcry over the death of a 12Continue reading “Egypt tightens ban on female genital mutilation after 12 year old girl dies.”
Public health, cultural norms and the criminal law: an inconvenient union? A case study of female genital cutting.
Med Law. 2012 Sep;31(3):451-72. Public health, cultural norms and the criminal law: an inconvenient union? A case study of female genital cutting. Iyioha I. Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada. Ireh.patricia@gmail.com ABSTRACT Social and cultural stereotypes held about women and their health needs constitute a significant barrier to the enforcement ofContinue reading “Public health, cultural norms and the criminal law: an inconvenient union? A case study of female genital cutting.”
Problems with Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. 2003 15(4): 471-477 Problems with Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting Antonazzo M. ABSTRACT Female genital cutting (FGC) has become the most well-publicized and frequently debated issue affecting the lives of African women. Western feminists brought the issue to the forefront during the United Nations Women’s Decade of 1975–1985. SinceContinue reading “Problems with Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting”
Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in Northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences
Stud Fam Plann. 2003 Sept 34(3): 200-210 Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in Northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences Jackson EF, Akweongo P, Sakeah E, Hodgson A, Asuru R, Phillips JF ABSTRACT Although many cross-sectional social surveys have included questions about female genital cutting status and correlated personal characteristics, no longitudinal studies have been launched that permit investigationContinue reading “Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in Northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences”
Criminalisation, sexual and reproductive rights, public health–and justice.
Reprod Health Matters. 2009 Nov;17(34):4-9. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34492-4. Criminalisation, sexual and reproductive rights, public health–and justice. Berer M. EXTRACT The papers in this journal issue are about the law and criminalisation relating to rape and sexual violence, female genital mutilation (FGM), selling and buying sex, provision and use of modern contraception and induced abortion, homosexuality, andContinue reading “Criminalisation, sexual and reproductive rights, public health–and justice.”
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