Female Genital Mutilation
Author | : Center for Reproductive Law & Policy |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2000-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781856497732 |
1. Background and history
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Author | : Center for Reproductive Law & Policy |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2000-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781856497732 |
1. Background and history
Author | : Efua Dorkenoo |
Publisher | : Minority Rights Group |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1873194609 |
Only from such models is it fully possible to explore such issues as the rights of women and of children, of the part which the well-being of women plays in the health of a nation, and also the strengths and weaknesses of the various international campaigns on the subject.
Author | : Hilary Burrage |
Publisher | : New Holland Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Female circumcision |
ISBN | : 9781742576077 |
This book comprises a collection of narratives by people whose lives have been touched by female genital mutilation (FMG), across five continents.
Author | : Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0812201027 |
Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming-of-age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as barbaric. It is estimated that between 100 million and 130 million girls and women today have undergone forms of this genital surgery. Female Circumcision gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the United States, and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice. This work brings African women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and democratic modes of economic development. This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society. Instead, the contributors explore a chain of connecting issues and processes through which the practice is being transformed in local and transnational contexts. The authors document shifts in local views to highlight processes of change and chronicle the efforts of diverse communities as agents in the process of cultural and social transformation.
Author | : Dan mon O ́Dey |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2018-12-06 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 3030021688 |
This book describes essential operative techniques that can be used to anatomically reconstruct the outer female genital in acquired deformities derived from ritual genital mutilation/cutting, and diseases causing similar deforming defects. Following an introduction with general insights on the topic, the main chapters deal with basic considerations and special anatomical information. With the help of high-quality videos and images, the reader receives detailed instructions on clitoral and vulvar reconstruction with techniques invented by the author, named the NMCS-procedure, the OD-flap and the aOAP-flap procedures. The book is rounded out with chapters describing postoperative care and how to manage complications. The integrity of their outer genitals is important for patients’ physical and psychological wellbeing. As such, the vulva is now receiving increasing attention and will likely continue to grow in importance in plastic surgery. The author, who has developed outstanding procedures for vulvar and clitoral reconstruction over the years, shares his considerable experience and hopes to highlight the importance of these methods to overcome the burden of female genital mutilation/cutting.
Author | : Marie-Hélène Mottin-Sylla |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2011-07-14 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0857490311 |
Excision, or female genital mutilation (FGM), in Africa is no longer the private concern only of women; it is a social and political issue that concerns both men and women and this book reports on an innovative research and action project amongst girls and boys in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. The project explores whether young people's use of information technology could contribute to the abandonment of FGM. In the age of the internet, beliefs and practices of FGM are shifting, particularly among young people. The results of this project show how, in the era of globalized citizenship, a cross-sectional vision that puts young people and gender at the center of development can produce real change.
Author | : Rosemarie Skaine |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2005-09-27 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
"This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. The book concludes with thoughts on the movement from tradition to cultural evolution."--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Hilary Burrage |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-11-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1472419979 |
This ground-breaking handbook details the present situation with regard to female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain, referring also to other western nations where FGM occurs. It scrutinizes current pathways to eradicating this often dangerous, sometimes lethal, form of child abuse and gender-related violence. This book makes the case urgently for developing a shared, coherent model - a multi-disciplinary paradigm - as the basis to achieve the eradication of FGM. The text will be required reading for health, legal, educational and social services professionals, as well as researchers, policy makers, school governors, journalists and other concerned citizens.
Author | : Ylva Hernlund |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2007-06-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0813541387 |
Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations.
Author | : Efua Dorkenoo |
Publisher | : Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
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