West Africa

BENIN-TOGO: Can microcredit turn FGM/C cutters to new trades?

IRIN Africa News. A service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 26 Dec 2008. BENIN-TOGO: Can microcredit turn FGM/C cutters to new trades? EXTRACT … TCHAMBA, 26 December 2008 (IRIN) – For years, the Togolese government and its NGO partners have been trying to convince women who perform female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) toContinue reading “BENIN-TOGO: Can microcredit turn FGM/C cutters to new trades?”

UNICEF Benin FGM/C Country Profile

UNICEF. Benin DHS. 2001. UNICEF: BENIN FGM/C COUNTRY PROFILE NN.AA. EXTRACT … While the prevalence of FGM/C among women aged 15-49 varies significantly according to ethnicity, 17% of the women in Benin have undergone some form of FGM/C. This decreases among women in the younger age groups (29 and under). FGM/C varies significantly across regional and ethnic lines, averagingContinue reading “UNICEF Benin FGM/C Country Profile”

Benin: Report on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC)

United States Department of State. 2001. Benin: Report on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC), 1 June 2001 NN.AA. EXTRACT …The Benin chapter of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) conducted a survey in 1992. It estimated that the percentage of women who haveContinue reading “Benin: Report on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC)”

Female Genital Mutilation in Benin

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Country Fact Sheet: Female Genital Mutilation in Benin NN.AA. EXTRACT … According to the 2006 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), which assesses the health of the country‘s population, 13 per cent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have been subjected to FGM. This is a clearContinue reading “Female Genital Mutilation in Benin”

Attitudes toward the discontinuation of female genital cutting among men and women in Guinea

Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2006;92(1):92–96. Attitudes toward the discontinuation of female genital cutting among men and women in Guinea Gage AJ, Van Rossem R Abstract Objective. To investigate socioeconomic correlates of and gender differences in attitudinal support for the discontinuation of FGC in Guinea. Method. Data from structured interviews of men aged 15–59 and women aged 15–49 yearsContinue reading “Attitudes toward the discontinuation of female genital cutting among men and women in Guinea”

Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa

Bull World Health Organ vol.90 no.2 Genebra Feb. 2012 Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa Heather L SipsmaI, Peggy G ChenI, Angela Ofori-AttaII, Ukwuoma O IlozumbaIII, Kapouné KarfoIV, Elizabeth H BradleyI IDepartment of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University, 2 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06519, United States of America (USA)Continue reading “Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa”