Religion and Sex

The struggle for abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Egypt.

Glob Health Promot. 2009 Mar;16(1):57-60. doi: 10.1177/1757975908100752. The struggle for abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Egypt. Molleman G, Franse L. Centre for Knowledge and Quality Management, Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NIGZ), Woerden, The Netherlands. gmolleman@nigz.nl ABSTRACT This commentary describes a visit to the Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting project in Cairo.Continue reading “The struggle for abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Egypt.”

[Sexual mutilations through ages]

Rev Med Brux. 2012 Nov-Dec;33(6):556-61. [Sexual mutilations through ages]. [Article in French] Androutsos G, Karamanou M, Tsigris C, Liakakos T, Stamboulis E, Lykouras E. Service d’Histoire de la Médecine, Hôpital Laiko. ABSTRACT Among the ethnic mutilations (volunteer mutilations performed for religious, aesthetic, moral or hygienic purposes), genital mutilation (circumcision, castration, total emasculation, infibulation, excision, etc.)Continue reading “[Sexual mutilations through ages]”