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]”
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Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?
Bull World Health Organ vol.80 no.8 Genebra Aug. 2002 Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? Birgitta Essén, Birgit Bödker, N-O. Sjöberg, Saemundur Gudmundsson, P-O. Östergren, & Jens Langhoff-Roos ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whetherContinue reading “Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?”
Perinatal mortality among immigrants from Africa´s Horn: The importance of experience, rationality, and tradition for risk assessment in pregnancy and childbirth
Perinatal mortality among immigrants from Africa´s Horn: The importance of experience, rationality, and tradition for risk assessment in pregnancy and childbirth Essén, Birgitta 2001. Doctoral dissertation. Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, University Hospital, MAS, Lund University, 205 02 Malmö This thesis is an exploration of the possible effects of maternal country of origin on the riskContinue reading “Perinatal mortality among immigrants from Africa´s Horn: The importance of experience, rationality, and tradition for risk assessment in pregnancy and childbirth”
Created by God: How Somalis in Swedish Exile Reassess the Practice of Female Circumcision
Created by God: How Somalis in Swedish Exile Reassess the Practice of Female Circumcision Johnsdotter, Sara 2002, Doctoral dissertation, Department of Social Anthropology, Lund University, Sweden ‘Created by God’ presents the views of Swedish Somalis on female circumcision and contrasts it to the Swedish public discourse on the issue. Despite the lack of documented illegal cases ofContinue reading “Created by God: How Somalis in Swedish Exile Reassess the Practice of Female Circumcision”
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