Genital Mutilation
Genital and Urinary Tract Obstruction as a Late Complication of Female Genital Mutilation at Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE—Case Report
... Female genital mutilation is a dangerous and dehumanizing traditional practice that needs to be stopped. It has long term complications that might affect quality of life. Many efforts were done to stop FGM ...
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A Cultural Rite of Passage or a Form of Torture: Female Genital Mutilation from an International Law Perspective
... Numerous United Nations conventions are applicable to female genital mutilation, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women[r] ...
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Challenges in the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting
... Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), this topic remains controversial and emotive, and the practice ...female genital organs, whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic ...
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Health information interventions for female genital mutilation
... female genital mutilation (FGM) is in line with international human rights, can be empowering, and can be an important influence on the healthcare-seeking behavior that this population ...
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Psychological and counselling interventions for female genital mutilation
... Women and girls living with female genital mutilation (FGM) are more likely to experience psychological problems than women without FGM. As well as psychological support, this population may need additional ...
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The Case Against the Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation
... The Case Against the Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation Les mutilations gknitales sont socialement et psychologiquement noczues pour lesfernmes Plutbt que de les abolir, lespro mutilatricespr[.] ...
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Social effect and female genital mutilation (FGM)
... In this article we attempt to identify the impact of social e¤ects on the decision to practice excision on girls, based on the methodology used by Bertrand, Luttmer and Mallainathan (2000). We are particularly interested ...
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Awareness, Knowledge and Perception of Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) Radio Campaign and Practice among Women in Imo State
... According to Resource Library [6], the history of FGM/C is not well known but the practice dated back at least 2000 years. It is not known when or where the tradition of Female Genital Mutilation and ...
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Psychopathological sequelae of female genital mutilation and their neuroendocrinological associations
... Abbreviations CFV: Childhood familial violence; FGM: Female genital mutilation; HCC: Hair cortisol concentrations; HSCL: Hopkins Symptom Checklist; LTE: Lifetime traumatic events; M.I.N.[r] ...
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Mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation in children in the UK
... Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also referred to as 'cutting' (WHO 2012) has become an area of increasing concern in the UK and other developed countries due to migration, particularly from Sub-Saharan ...
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Trends of early marriage and female genital mutilation in southern nations, nationalities and peoples' regional state (snnprs), southern Ethiopia
... According to Bureau of Women, Children and Youth (BoWCY) of SNNPR, women comprise about 50.3% of the region's population (Bureau of Women, 2013). Despite their significant share in the population, women in the region are ...
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: A GROTESQUE FORM OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
... female genital circumcision and when female genital mutilation started is not very clear, existing documents and Greek historians and geographers, such as Herodotus (425-23 AD) show that female ...
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A statistical study to estimate the prevalence of female genital mutilation in England and Wales. Summary Report
... Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales”, provides reliable data to inform and plan better maternity and gynaecological care and related support services for girls and women affected by ...
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Working psychologically with female genital mutilation: an exploration of the views of circumcised women in relation to better psychological practice
... FGM has been defined as a violation of human rights by both the United Nations and World Health Organisation and in many countries laws have been passed to outlaw the practice (Behrendt et al, 2005). In the UK the ...
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The need for an evidence-informed, multi-sectoral and community participatory action framework to address the practice of female genital mutilation in Sri Lanka
... female genital mutilation in Sri Lanka ...female genital mutilation have remained ...female genital mutilation “do not exist in Sri Lanka” ...female genital ...
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Socio-Cultural Barriers Against The Prevention Of Female Genital Mutilation
... Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) describes the partial or total removal of the external genitalia of the girl child for non- therapeutic reasons (WHO, ...female genital cutting or female circumcision ...
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Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting in Girls
... Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) involves medically unnecessary cutting of parts or all of the external female genitalia. It is outlawed in the United States and much of the world but is still ...
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Female genital mutilation as a reason to obtain asylum in the European Union
... The case selection in this study is limited to all the cases regarding asylum application on grounds of Female Genital Mutilation. This includes cases where women are seeking asylum for themselves, but also ...
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Female genital mutilation and intimate partner violence in the Ivory Coast
... Female genital mutilation (FGM) – defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) agencies as “ the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to ...
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Insight on Female Genital Mutilation
... female genital mutilation defend it on the basis of tradition and culture, underlining how numerous difficulties arise within efforts to terminate the ...Female genital mutilation is most ...
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