The oppression of women in patriarchal African societies has widely been considered as a major reason for the emergence and continuation of the harmful practice of FGM/C. In The Gambia, an estimated 76.3% of girls and women have been subjected to FGM/C, which is neither prohibited nor ...
it should be preceded by pre-intervention mapping to truly understand the context (reason for practice, gender of facilitators, religious perspective, local laws, educational status, ongoing intervention, and many more) the community in which FGM/C is practiced. This ultimately allows us to propose...
More so, in asylum, which is a bureaucratic context where the individuals applying for protection are subjected to data-driven classification, privacy issues, and other surveillance in ways that do not even remotely compare to what the general population is subjected to. 3 Overview of study and ...
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC) and Female Circumcision is practiced in 28 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, a fe... MS Abdi - 《Washington D》 被引量: 5发表: 2008年 Avian persistence in a severely fragmented Afrotropical cloud forest Loss and frag...
Not only is the procedure without medical benefit, but it can also cause a multitude of serious chronic complications. Although FGM is illegal in Australia, Canada, the US, nine European nations, and 18 African countries, it’s widely practiced in 28 African nations and a few Asian countries...
As alluded to previously, the usual understanding in migrant-receiving coun- tries is that "female genital mutilation" or "FGM"— as the relevant cluster of practices is more commonly known in such countries—is an expression of patriarchal power: the cutting is seen as something that men, ...
is associated with heterosexual adolescents engaging in penile-vaginal intercourse at a later age, with more consistent condom and contraception use, and lower unwanted pregnancy rates in both developed and developing countries (Kirby et al., Citation2007; Kohler et al., Citation2008; Mueller et al...
FGM; female genital mutilation; clitoris; reconstruction; classification1. Introduction Female genital mutilation (FGM) is not only a medical issue, but is also an issue of human rights. FGM is still widely practiced in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond due to religious and sociological reasons. It ...
FGM is known to well over half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa with the highest rates being reported in Somalia and Djibouti, where it is practiced virtually universally (Okeke et al. 2012). However, owing to its sheer population size (seventh largest population globally), Nigeria ...
This present study represented the household characteristics in terms of its socio-economic status, as proxied by the household size and wealth index. This latter indicator is a widely used composite measure of households’ cumulative living standards in low- and middle-income countries due to diffic...