Lancet. 2016 Jul 23;388(10042):326. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31147-3. Uncertain future for initiative against FGM in the UK Devi S SUMMARY Activists say that a community-based programme to tackle female genital mutilation in the UK needs support from central or local government to continue. Sharmila Devi reports. This article can be accessed in this LINK
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Determinants of support for female genital cutting among ever-married women in Egypt
Global Public Health, 2008:3(4);383-398. Determinants of support for female genital cutting among ever-married women in Egypt Suzuki C, Meeker D ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of exposure to communication messages on support for female genital cutting (FGC) in Egypt. Data from the 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey are analysed using logistic regression (n=19,106;Continue reading “Determinants of support for female genital cutting among ever-married women in Egypt”
Protocolo para la prevención y actuación ante la mutilación genital femenina en Aragón [Text in Spanish]
Government of Aragon, Instituto Aragonés de la Mujer, Medicos del Mundo. Protocolo para la prevención y actuación ante la mutilación genital femenina en Aragón [Text in Spanish] This guideline has been prepared with the aim to support healthcare, social and education workers to prevent and respond to the needs of girls and women who undergoContinue reading “Protocolo para la prevención y actuación ante la mutilación genital femenina en Aragón [Text in Spanish]”
Seven Things to Know about Female Genital Surgeries in Africa
Hastings Center Report. Article first published online: 8 NOV 2012. DOI: 10.1002/hast.81. Dec 2012 42(6)19–27 Seven Things to Know about Female Genital Surgeries in Africa By The Public Policy Advisory Network on Female Genital Surgeries in Africa ABSTRACT Starting in the early 1980s, media coverage of customary African genital surgeries for females has been problematic and overlyContinue reading “Seven Things to Know about Female Genital Surgeries in Africa”
Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians.
Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;168(1):27-33. Epub 2008 Apr 25. Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians. Jaeger F, Caflisch M, Hohlfeld P. Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital de Pourtalès, Rue de la Maladière 45, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. f.jaeger@gmx.ch ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined as an injury of the external female genitaliaContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians.”
Female genital cutting in southern urban and peri-urban Nigeria: self-reported validity, social determinants and secular decline
Trop Med Int Health. 2002 Jan; 7(1): 91-100 Female genital cutting in southern urban and peri-urban Nigeria: self-reported validity, social determinants and secular decline Snow RC, Slanger TE, Okonofua FE, Oronsaye F, Wacke RJ ABSTRACT Despite growing public resistance to the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), documentation of its prevalence, social correlates or trendsContinue reading “Female genital cutting in southern urban and peri-urban Nigeria: self-reported validity, social determinants and secular decline”
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