Moolaadé (review)

Harvard Human Rights Journal. November 2008;30(4):1058-1060. Moolaadé (review) Ibhawoh B. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Moolaadé (review)”> Project MUSE – Human Rights Quarterly – Moolaadé (review) Browse > Social Sciences > Political Science > Democracy and Human Rights > Human Rights Quarterly > Volume 30, Number 4,Continue reading “Moolaadé (review)”

Practice of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the Reconciliation of Cultural Diversity with Universal Respect for Human Rights

Harvard Human Rights Journal. August 2010;32(3):601-664. Practice of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the Reconciliation of Cultural Diversity with Universal Respect for Human Rights Addo MK. Abstract: The traditional scholarly narrative on the relationship between cultural diversity and universal respect for human rights suggests a tension which must, at best, be managed. ThereContinue reading “Practice of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the Reconciliation of Cultural Diversity with Universal Respect for Human Rights”

Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review).

Harvard Human Rights Journal. August 2001;23(3):836-840. Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review). Neuwirth J. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Jessica Neuwirth – Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review) – Human Rights Quarterly 23:3 Human Rights Quarterly 23.3Continue reading “Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide (review).”

Some Ethical Considerations Regarding Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (Female Circumcision)

rev.latinoam.bioet. vol.8 no.1 Bogotá Jan./June 2008 Some Ethical Considerations Regarding Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (Female Circumcision) Ahmed R. A. Ragab Médico Gineco-Obstetra con Maestría en Bioética. Profesor de investigación de la salud reproductiva aplicada de la Universidad de Al-zhar (El Cairo, Egipto). Email: arragab@yahoo.com ABSTRACT According to each society’s condition the ethical attitude of the individual may be coloredContinue reading “Some Ethical Considerations Regarding Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (Female Circumcision)”

Nurses and requests for female genital mutilation: cultural rights versus human rights.

Nurs Ethics. 2001 May;8(3):247-58. Nurses and requests for female genital mutilation: cultural rights versus human rights. Sala R, Manara D. Scientific Institute San Raffaele, University VitaSalute, Via Olgettina, 58-Dibit, 20132 Milan, Italy. Abstract In this article we focus on female genital mutilation. We analyse this problem as one of the most important issues of multiculturalism, which is also coming to theContinue reading “Nurses and requests for female genital mutilation: cultural rights versus human rights.”

Female genital mutilation: medico-legal issues

Med Law. 2010 Dec; 29 (4):523-36 Female genital mutilation: medico-legal issues Mswela M ABSTRACT The rising prevalence and severe impact of HIV/AIDS in relation to women still persists in South Africa. Both economically and socially the HIV/AIDS pandemic strikes women the hardest, with disadvantaged black women mainly at risk of higher infection. The theoretical frameworkContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: medico-legal issues”