Reviews the book 'Female 'Circumcision' in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and Change,' by Lynne Rienner.BernsteinJayH.Library Journal
Cultural practice: female genital mutilation/circumcision in adolescent girls involves cutting and removal of external genitalia. Cultural belief: female genital mutilation done for religious reasons; done to preserve virginity, reduce sexual pleasure, and increase likelihood of marriage; or considered a ri...
Male and female circumcision in Africa from a regional to a specific Nigerian examination. Soc Sci Med. 1997;44:1181-1193.Caldwell JC, Orubuloye IO & Caldwell P (1997) Male and female circumcision in Africa from a regional to a specific Nigerian...
Gambia, West Africa Female ‘circumcision’ and adult reproductive morbidity in rural Gambia, West AfricaFemale ‘circumcision’ and adult reproductive morbidity in rural Gambia, West AfricaPublication » Female ‘circumcision’ and adult reproductive morbidity in rural Gambia, West Africa....
circumcision vulva khafḍ infibulation See all related content News• The Imam's daughter who convinced the autocratic Gambian government to abolish FGM•Nov. 7, 2024, 1:24 AM ET (Nation.Africa) female genital cutting (FGC),ritualsurgicalprocedure that is traditional in some societies. FG...
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013;62(4):e121–3.Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A. Incorrect Beliefs About Male Circumcision and Male-to-Female HIV Transmission Risk in South Africa: Implications for Prevention. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2013; 62(4):e121-123....
From a broader perspective, the high rate of excess mortality due to FGM in Africa can be seen as an example of the negative consequences of patriarchal institutions. Such institutions inherently have complex origins. In the case of FGM, recent research has drawn links between the historic Red ...
Life-Stories from East/Central Africa (New York: Lilian Barber Press, 1993) 2, who suggests that in general female slaves are more easily absorbed into their new community as, among other roles, concubines and mothers.12 Meillassoux, Anthropologie de l’esclavage 301-2. The “breeding” of ...
Female circumcision (otherwise called as female genital mutilation or female genital cutting) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons
Sexual health among young Somali women in Sweden: living with conflicting culturally determined sexual ideologies. Paper presented at International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against Female Genital Cutting, Female Genital Mutilation, Female Circumcision (INTACT) Conference on ...