Tag Archives: Men

Educating about female genital mutilation.

Educ Prim Care. 2016 Oct 28:1-4. [Epub ahead of print] Educating about female genital mutilation. Holmes V, Farrington R, Mulongo P Female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal in the UK but nevertheless practised in some immigrant communities. Effective educational approaches are required to inform policy and to direct resources, often in the voluntary sector. TheContinue reading “Educating about female genital mutilation.”

Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: are young men allies in social change programmes?

Reprod Health Matters. 2016 May;24(47):118-25. doi: 10.1016/j.rhm.2016.06.002. Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: are young men allies in social change programmes? Brown E, Mwangi-Powell F, Jerotich M, le May V ABSTRACT The Girl Summit held in 2014 aimed to mobilise greater effort to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within a generation, building on a global movementContinue reading “Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: are young men allies in social change programmes?”

Males’ preference for circumcised women in northern Ghana

Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):37-47. Males’ preference for circumcised women in northern Ghana. Sakeah E, Beke A, Doctor HV, Hodgson AV. Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana. esakeah@yahoo.co.uk ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) still remains one of the challenges facing women in many countries around the world. EffortsContinue reading “Males’ preference for circumcised women in northern Ghana”

A community based study on the change of practice of female genital mutilation in a Sudanese village

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2001 Aug;74(2):179-185 A community based study on the change of practice of female genital mutilation in a Sudanese village. Almroth L, Almroth-Berggren V, Hassaneim OM, El Hadi N, Al-Said SSE, Hasan SSA, Lithell UB, Bergström S ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), among youngContinue reading “A community based study on the change of practice of female genital mutilation in a Sudanese village”