Medicine/African Traditional

A cross sectional study on factors associated with harmful traditional practices among children less than 5 years in Axum town, north Ethiopia, 2013.

Reprod Health. 2014 Jun 21;11:46. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-46. A cross sectional study on factors associated with harmful traditional practices among children less than 5 years in Axum town, north Ethiopia, 2013. Gebrekirstos K, Abebe M, Fantahun A. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Every social grouping in the world has its own cultural practices and beliefs which guide its membersContinue reading “A cross sectional study on factors associated with harmful traditional practices among children less than 5 years in Axum town, north Ethiopia, 2013.”

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”

E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)

Education and the Knowledge Society. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. 2005, 161: 231-236. E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) Corsini-Karagouni A ABSTRACT This project aims to contribute to the eradication of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) throughout the Maasailand in Kenya in agreement with the World Health Organisation (WHO) policyContinue reading “E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)”

Female genital cutting and other intra-vaginal practices: implications for TwoDay Method use.

J Biosoc Sci. 2012 Sep;44(5):631-5. Female genital cutting and other intra-vaginal practices: implications for TwoDay Method use. Aksel S, Sinai I, Yee KA. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. ABSTRACT This report examines the implications of female genital cutting and other intra-vaginal practices for offering the TwoDay Method® of family planning.This fertility awareness-basedContinue reading “Female genital cutting and other intra-vaginal practices: implications for TwoDay Method use.”

Female genital mutilation in Kenya and Sudan.

Afr Popul Newsl. 1995 Jan-Jun;(67):6-7. Female genital mutilation in Kenya and Sudan. [No authors listed] ABSTRACT PIP: Female genital mutilation is still practiced in 28 African countries despite international calls for its abolishment. A 1991 survey of 1365 14-year-old girls undertaken by a nongovernmental organization in Kenya revealed that 90% had suffered mutilation ranging fromContinue reading “Female genital mutilation in Kenya and Sudan.”

Rwandan female genital modification: elongation of the Labia minora and the use of local botanical species.

Cult Health Sex. 2008 Feb;10(2):191-204. Rwandan female genital modification: elongation of the Labia minora and the use of local botanical species. Koster M, Price LL Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Netherlands. marian.koster@wur.nl ABSTRACT The elongation of the labia minora is classified as a Type IV female genital mutilation by the World Health Organization. However, the term mutilation carries with itContinue reading “Rwandan female genital modification: elongation of the Labia minora and the use of local botanical species.”