Qual Health Res. 2017 Oct;27(12):1828-1841. doi: 10.1177/1049732317720423. Epub 2017 Aug 2. Powerlessness, Normalization, and Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Narratives On Obstetric Fistula in Eastern Sudan. Hamed S, Ahlberg BM, Trenholm J. ABSTRACT Eastern Sudan has high prevalence of female circumcision and child marriage constituting a risk for developing obstetric fistula. Few studiesContinue reading “Powerlessness, Normalization, and Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Narratives On Obstetric Fistula in Eastern Sudan.”
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A mixed-method synthesis of knowledge, experiences and attitudes of health professionals to Female Genital Mutilation
J Adv Nurs. 2015 Oct 5. doi: 10.1111/jan.12823. [Epub ahead of print] A mixed-method synthesis of knowledge, experiences and attitudes of health professionals to Female Genital Mutilation Reig-Alcaraz M, Siles-González J, Solano-Ruiz C. AIM: To synthesize knowledge, attitudes and experiences of health professionals about Female Genital Mutilation. BACKGROUND: Despite the World Health Organization campaigning toContinue reading “A mixed-method synthesis of knowledge, experiences and attitudes of health professionals to Female Genital Mutilation”
Circumvention tourism.
Cornell Law Rev. 2012 Sep;97(6):1309-98. Circumvention tourism. Cohen G. Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. ABSTRACT Under what circumstances should a citizen be able to avoid the penalties set by the citizen’s home country’s criminal law by going abroad to engage in the same activity where it is notContinue reading “Circumvention tourism.”
A Tradition in Transition: Factors Perpetuating and Hindering the Continuance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Summarized in a Systematic Review
Health Care for Women International. DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.721417. Accepted author version posted online: 04 Sep 2012 A Tradition in Transition: Factors Perpetuating and Hindering the Continuance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Summarized in a Systematic Review Rigmor C. Berg & Eva Denison ABSTRACT Understanding the forces underpinning FGM/C is a necessary first step to prevent the continuation of a practice thatContinue reading “A Tradition in Transition: Factors Perpetuating and Hindering the Continuance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Summarized in a Systematic Review”
Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications
Reprod Health Matters. May 2010, 18(35):29-37. Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications Johnsdotter S, Essen B ABSTRACT The discrepancy in societal attitudes toward female genital cosmetic surgery for European women and female genital cutting in primarily African girl children and women raises the following fundamental question. How can it be that extensive genitalmodifications, including reduction of labial and clitoral tissue, are consideredContinue reading “Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications”
Why are current efforts to eliminate female circumcision in Ethiopia misplaced?
Cult Health Sex. 2012 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print] Why are current efforts to eliminate female circumcision in Ethiopia misplaced? Boyden J. ABSTRACT This paper discusses the eradication challenges of female circumcision in Ethiopia. It argues that despite an overall decline in the practice nationally, eradication efforts have caused significant quandaries for girls andContinue reading “Why are current efforts to eliminate female circumcision in Ethiopia misplaced?”
Female circumcision among Egyptian women.
Womens Health. 1995 Winter;1(4):309-28. Female circumcision among Egyptian women. Ericksen KP. Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis 95616, USA. kpericksen@ucdavis.edu Although a remarkable degree of consensus has been reached among international agencies, policymakers, and women’s health advocates that the practice of female circumcision should be eliminated, such consensus is not necessarily shared byContinue reading “Female circumcision among Egyptian women.”
Special Issues: Female Genital Mutilation
Lancet. 2003 Dec;362:26 – 27 Special Issues: Female Genital Mutilation Sundby J Preview Female genital cutting, circumcision, or mutilation—this controversial practice has many names. Although the procedure resembles something medical, namely surgery, it is most often done by lay people with no formal training in surgical practice or hygiene. The procedure is described and categorised—typeContinue reading “Special Issues: Female Genital Mutilation”
Comment: Reaching the tipping point against female genital mutilation
Lancet. 2005 July;366(9483):347 – 349 Comment: Reaching the tipping point against female genital mutilation Shaaban L, Harbison S Preview Female genital mutilation, also known as female genital cutting, is a deeply rooted cultural practice in more than 28 African countries, parts of the middle east, and pockets of Asia. Annually, an estimated 2 million girlsContinue reading “Comment: Reaching the tipping point against female genital mutilation”
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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