Journal Article10.1016/J.IJGO.2009.03.024
Protecting girls and women from harmful practices affecting their health: Are we making progress?
Jane Cottingham,Eszter Kismödi +1 more
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TL;DR: Since female genital mutilation was first recognized internationally in 1958, it has now become widely accepted and anchored in international law that FGM is a violation of girls' and women's human rights.
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About: This article is published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. The article was published on 01 Aug 2009. The article focuses on the topics: Human rights & Legislation.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on several cultural practices and traditions which, it is suggested, violate certain human rights norms in South Africa, and make general recommendations about reducing the conflict between culture and human rights.
Ascertaining Deadly Harms: Aesthetics and Politics of Global Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the anthropologists who participated in the scientific controversy of female genital cutting were asked to explain how the WHO research that was intended to counter alarmist discourses about genital cutting ended up legitimizing them.
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Attitudes towards female genital mutilation: an integrative review
TL;DR: This review demonstrates the strong social pressure to which women are subjected as regards the practice of female genital mutilation, but many other factors can contribute to eroding beliefs and arguments in favour of this practice, such as the globalization, culture and social environment of countries in the West.
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A multicentre study on knowledge and attitude of nurses in northern Nigeria concerning female genital mutilation
TL;DR: The nurses studied had a high level of awareness of FGM and a good general knowledge of complications associated with FGM, however, only half knew what ‘Angurya’ and ‘Gishiri’ cuts were.
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Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
TL;DR: In this paper, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDW) has been extended to include women in the definition of gender discrimination in South Africa.
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Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries.
obstetric outcome,Emily Banks,Olav Meirik,Timothy M.M. Farley,Oluwole Akande,Heli Bathija,Mohamed M. Ali +6 more
TL;DR: Women with FGM are significantly more likely than those without FGM to have adverse obstetric outcomes, and risks seem to be greater with more extensive FGM.
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Female genital mutilation.
TL;DR: This review is to provide an up to date account of recent papers and attitude on female genital mutilation in the past year aimed at all professionals caring and supporting women/girls with female genital Mutilation, and to identify gaps.
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Female genital cutting in the demographic and health surveys: a critical and comparative analysis
P. Stanley Yoder,Noureddine Abderrahim,Arlinda Zhuzhuni +2 more
- 01 Sep 2004
TL;DR: This comparative report summarizes data on FGC from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) implemented between 1989 and 2002 to make more accessible the basic information on the distribution and practice of FGC and to encourage country-specific analysis of DHS data onFGC.