Prejudice

Female circumcision: toward an inclusive practice of care.

Health Care Women Int. 2010 Aug;31(8):686-99. Female circumcision: toward an inclusive practice of care. Khaja K, Lay K, Boys S. School of Social Work, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. kkhaja@iupui.edu ABSTRACT Female circumcision is a cultural tradition that includes cutting of female genitals without medical necessity. Over 130 million girls and women have been circumcised globally.Continue reading “Female circumcision: toward an inclusive practice of care.”

[Female genital mutilation meets Swedish health care. Female genital mutilation is one of many forms of discrimination of women in the world]

Lakartidningen. 2001 May 16;98(20):2470-3. [Female genital mutilation meets Swedish health care. Female genital mutilation is one of many forms of discrimination of women in the world]. [Article in Swedish] Andersson C. Värnamo sjukhus. millibus@hotmail.com About 27,000 women from countries in which female genital mutilation (FGM) is a common practice are presently living in Sweden. ThisContinue reading “[Female genital mutilation meets Swedish health care. Female genital mutilation is one of many forms of discrimination of women in the world]”

Women’s rights are human rights : The practice of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Women’s rights are human rights : The practice of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Leeuwen, F.C. van (contr. Boerefijn, C.; Flinterman, C.; Loenen, M.L.P.; University Utrecht) 2009. Disertasion. School of Human Rights Research Series, Volume: 36. Univ. Utrecht. Women’s rights are human rights!’ This notion may seemContinue reading “Women’s rights are human rights : The practice of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural 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”