Middle East

Thirty-year trends in the prevalence and severity of female genital mutilation: a comparison of 22 countries

BMJ Glob Health. 2017 Nov 25;2(4):e000467. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000467. eCollection 2017. Thirty-year trends in the prevalence and severity of female genital mutilation: a comparison of 22 countries. Koski A, Heymann J ABSTRACT Introduction: Female genital mutilation (FGM) harms women’s health and well-being and is widely considered a violation of human rights. The United Nations has calledContinue reading “Thirty-year trends in the prevalence and severity of female genital mutilation: a comparison of 22 countries”

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality?

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;10(6):453-6. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality? Applebaum J, Cohen H, Matar M, Abu Rabia Y, Kaplan Z. Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. juliaa@bgu.ac.il ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:Continue reading “Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality?”

Fewer younger women are undergoing female genital mutilation, study finds.

BMJ. 2013 Jul 25;347:f4754. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4754. Fewer younger women are undergoing female genital mutilation, study finds. Gulland A. EXTRACT The practice of female genital mutilation is becoming less widespread in countries with low prevalence of the practice, prompting the children’s charity Unicef to say there are strong signs it will become a “vestige of theContinue reading “Fewer younger women are undergoing female genital mutilation, study finds.”

Female genital cutting: an evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician.

Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Jun;88(6):618-29. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.04.004. Female genital cutting: an evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician. Hearst AA, Molnar AM. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. ABSTRACT The United States has more than 1.5 million immigrants from countries in Africa and the Middle East where femaleContinue reading “Female genital cutting: an evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician.”

Unprohibited crimes.

CMAJ. 2007 Nov 20;177(11):1345. Unprohibited crimes. Jassam J. EXTRACT A few years ago, when I was working in one of the Middle East countries … It was a summer day, I was sitting in my office … waiting for the coming patient … somebody knocked the door. … Come in, I said. Hello, doc …Continue reading “Unprohibited crimes.”

Epidermal clitoral inclusion cysts: not a rare complication of female genital mutilation.

Hum Reprod. 2010 Jul;25(7):1672-4. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deq126. Epub 2010 May 22. Epidermal clitoral inclusion cysts: not a rare complication of female genital mutilation. Rouzi AA. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80215, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. aarouzi@gmail.com BACKGROUND: Although female genital mutilation (FGM) does not feature in Judeo-Christian populations, it is estimatedContinue reading “Epidermal clitoral inclusion cysts: not a rare complication of female genital mutilation.”

For the sake of purity (and control). Female genital mutilation.

Links 1993 Winter;9(5):6-8, 30. For the sake of purity (and control). Female genital mutilation. Gilbert D. ABSTRACT PIP: In 1973 approximately 1 million girls will be victimized by female genital mutilation (FGM), widely practiced in more than 20 African nations from Mauritania to the Ivory Coast in the west, to Egypt and North Tanzania inContinue reading “For the sake of purity (and control). Female genital mutilation.”