Caring for Women Who Have Experienced Female Genital Cutting

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy M. Little
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Experienced Female ◽  
Female Genital

Clitoral reconstruction: Understanding changing gendered health care needs in a globalized Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Jordal ◽  
Gabriele Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Initial Attempt ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
Clitoral Reconstruction ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Experienced Female ◽  
Female Genital

The migratory flows of recent decades that have exercised Europe as a socio-political and economic entity have produced extensive responses and interventions from European gender scholars. One relatively recent phenomenon in this context is the question of reparative surgical interventions, specifically clitoral reconstruction, in cases where women who have migrated to Europe have experienced female genital cutting. Clitoral reconstruction, which this article begins to explore, is recent in part because the related surgery was only established in the 1990s and is to date only practised in a few European countries, and in part because the research with women who ask for and have undergone such surgery has also only recently begun. This article is therefore an initial attempt to map some of the related terrain and to suggest further work that needs to be done in this increasingly important area.

scholarly journals Mali: FGC excisors persist despite entreaties

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Technological Research ◽  
Outreach Workers ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Traditional Practitioners ◽  
Experienced Female ◽  
Female Genital

About 94 percent of Malian women aged 15–49 have experienced female genital cutting (FGC). In Mali, FGC is associated with serious gynecological and obstetric complications. In 1998, the National Center of Scientific and Technological Research of the Mali Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research conducted an evaluation of programs to eradicate FGC. The study assessed the work of three national nongovernmental organizations working in Bamako and five regions of Mali. These NGOs had attempted to persuade traditional practitioners of FGC (“excisors”) to abandon the practice. All three NGOs employed outreach workers to educate excisors and community members on the adverse effects of FGC on women’s health. Two NGOs developed income-generation schemes to provide the excisors with alternate revenues. One NGO sought to train excisors to advocate discontinuation of FGC. As this brief concludes, programs to persuade traditional practitioners to discontinue the practice of female genital FGC are ineffective, and interventions must address the demand for FGC rather than focusing on the supply.

It is a problem and it is not a problem: Dilemmatic talk of the psychological effects of female genital cutting

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1917-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimmi Parikh ◽  
Yvonne Saruchera ◽  
Lih-Mei Liao
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Experienced Female ◽  
Female Genital

This qualitative study aimed to explore the psychological effects of female genital cutting in the United Kingdom within a systemic psychological framework. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 13 women who had experienced female genital cutting. Four key themes emerged from thematic analysis of the data: (1) wholeness contested, (2) sexuality milestones and female genital cutting awareness, (3) salvaging family relationships and (4) for our own good. Findings highlight the importance of recognising the relational nature of how women perceive the psychological effects of female genital cutting and how these reactions are negotiated in their social sphere.

Female Genital Cutting

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
NAWAL M. NOUR
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Female Genital

Response to Commentaries: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Female Genital Cutting and Deinfibulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya S. Brady ◽  
Jennifer J. Connor ◽  
Nicole Chaisson ◽  
Fatima Sharif Mohamed ◽  
Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Female Genital

scholarly journals Cohort analysis of the state of female genital cutting in Nigeria: prevalence, daughter circumcision and attitude towards its discontinuation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Babatunde M. Gbadebo ◽  
Adetokunbo T. Salawu ◽  
Rotimi F. Afolabi ◽  
Mobolaji M. Salawu ◽  
Adeniyi F. Fagbamigbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Bodily Integrity ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Female Children ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Female Genital

Abstract Background Female genital cutting (FGC) inflicts life-long injuries on women and their female children. It constitutes a violation of women’s fundamental human rights and threats to bodily integrity. Though decreasing, the practice is high and widespread in Nigeria despite efforts towards its eradication. This study was conducted to perform cohort analysis of the state of FGC between the years 2009 and 2018 in Nigeria. Results The study found that that FGC has reduced over the years from 56.3% among the 1959–1963 birth cohort to 25.5% among 1994–1998 cohorts but a rise in FGC between 1994–1998 cohorts and 1999–2003 cohorts (28.4%). The percentage of respondents who circumcised their daughters reduced from 40.1% among the oldest birth cohort to 3.6% among the younger cohort. Birth-cohort, religion, education, residence, region, and ethnicity were associated with FGC. Factors associated with the daughter’s circumcision were birth-cohort, religion, residence, region, ethnicity, wealth, marital status, FGC status of the respondent, and FGC required by religion. Similar factors were found for discontinuation intention. Conclusions The practice of FGC is still high but decreasing among younger birth-cohorts in Nigeria. There is no significant change in the perception of the discontinuation of FGC. More awareness about the adverse effects of FGC, particularly among women with poor education in Nigeria will greatly reduce this cultural menace’s timely eradication.

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