Female circumcision controversy (Kenya, 1929–32)Women in Kenya
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...
female circumcision ablation,cutting out,extirpation,excision- surgical removal of a body part or tissue Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: ...
Female genital mutilation (FGM), sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital cutting, is a harmful cultural practice without any known health benefit. Its short-term and long-term health risks have led to numerous initiatives toward its eradication at international and local levels...
Using data from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS), this paper seeks to understand the characteristics of adolescent girls who are circumcised in Kenya. The paper discusses the determinants of female circumcision in two Nairobi informal settlements. It is based on ...
Simister J: Domestic violence and female genital mutilation in Kenya: effects of ethnicity and education. J Fam Violence. 2010, 25 (3): 247-257. 10.1007/s10896-009-9288-6. Article Google Scholar Afifi M: Women’s empowerment and the intention to continue the practice of female genital cu...
Although several aspects of female circumcision (FC), a well-known type of female genital surgery, have been discussed by scholars in various fields of study, several anthropologists have argued that FC has not been sufficiendy examined (Shell-Duncan & Hernlund 2000). FC, which carries differen...
The movement titled “Circumcision Through Words” is an alternative ritual for societies that emphasize girls’ rites of passage. This new ritual includes intensive education on women’s roles in their society as women, as well as more modern education on health, hygiene, and reproductive matters...
Male and Female Circumcision Associated With Prevalent HIV Infection in Virgins and Adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania Remarkable proportions of self-reported virgins and adolescents in eastern and southern Africa are infected with HIV, yet non-sexual routes of transmission... S Brody - 《...
KISUMU, Kenya, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Five girls from the western Kenyan city of Kisumu have developed a mobile application that is set to revolutionize the war against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) widely practiced in the country. The slick mobile application called I-cut has been developed...