scholarly journals Egypt: NGOs need to join forces to end FGC

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Population Council ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Female Genital

Until recently, the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) has been nearly universal in Egypt. However, a 1998 national survey found the first signs of a decline in the practice among adolescents since 1994. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in community development, health, and women’s rights have played a leading role in advocating eradication of FGC in Egypt. To document and assess the impact of anti-FGC programs, the Population Council conducted an assessment from August 1999 to February 2000. Researchers telephoned numerous Egyptian NGOs to identify those most actively involved in anti-FGC programs. Then they conducted in-depth interviews with officials of 15 NGOs, as well as staff of the Ministry of Health and Population, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund. As concluded in this brief, 15 Egyptian nongovernmental organizations are actively involved in programs to eradicate the practice of female genital cutting. To make these programs more effective, NGOs should form coalitions, engage in advocacy, train activists in communication skills, and evaluate the impact of their programs.

The Impact of Female Genital Cutting on First Delivery in Southwest Nigeria

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy E. Slanger ◽  
Rachel C. Snow ◽  
Friday E. Okonofua
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Female Genital

The perspectives of Gambian men on the sexuality of cut and uncut women

Sexualities ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 521-534
Author(s):  
Inger-Lise Lien
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sexual Scripts ◽  
Sexual Pleasure ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sexual Feelings ◽  
Female Genital

The aim of the study has been to investigate men’s perspective on the effect of female genital cutting (FGC) on both women and men’s sexual feelings, their sensitivity, well-being and attitudes. Do men perceive any difference between a cut and an uncut woman when it comes to sexuality? If so, how do men understand and interpret the impact of FGC? Will their personal sexual experience have an influence on their attitude to the practice? Is there a mismatch between sexual scripts and personal experience when it comes to FGC? During 2014, 50 Gambian men, Mandinka and Wolof, and eight Mandinka women were interviewed. The interviews had a qualitative and open structure, and the men were asked to compare and assess the effects that they thought FGC had on the women, and on the sexual act itself, as they experienced it. The interviews disclosed that men perceive a difference in the feelings and behaviour expressed by women who are cut and those who are uncut. Their sense of women’s feelings have an impact on their own sexual pleasure, and on their attitude to the practice.

scholarly journals Egyptian Activism against Female Genital Cutting as Catachrestic Claiming

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-239
Author(s):  
An Van Raemdonck
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
National Council ◽  
Feminist Activism ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
National Task ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Female Genital ◽  
Politics Of Location

This paper deals with questions of the politics of location in knowledge andnorm production within the context of Egyptian feminist activism for abandoningfemale genital cutting practices. It seeks to determine underlying schemesof international campaigning discourse and analyzes how these predicate andcomplicate Egyptian postcolonial activism. It draws on a broad literature studyin addition to fieldwork in Cairo consisting of in-depth interviews with activistsand policy makers. My focus is on the national Task Force against FGMfrom 1994 until 1999 and its subsequent cooptation by the National Council ofChildhood and Motherhood. I argue through the concept of catachresis thatlocation matters in setting the terms of anti-FGC discourse and its relation toreligion.

scholarly journals Negotiating Female Genital Cutting in a Transnational Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-471
Author(s):  
R. Elise B. Johansen ◽  
Salma A. E. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Readiness To Change ◽  
International Norms ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Theories Of Change ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Female Genital ◽  
The Continuum

In this article, we explore migrant Somali and Sudanese women’s reflections and decision-making regarding female genital cutting in a transnational context wherein women are compelled to maneuver between contradictory social norms. These include traditional norms, which consider the practice to be associated with socially acceptable sexuality and reproduction, and international norms, which consider the practice to be a violation of sexual and reproductive rights. Our analysis builds on data from in-depth interviews with 23 women of Somali and Sudanese origin residing in Norway. Informed by three central theories of change, we categorize women along a continuum of readiness to change ranging from rebellious women eagerly pursuing the abandonment of female genital cutting and adopting international norms regarding the practice, to women supporting the practice and its traditional meanings. Ambivalent contemplators were placed in the middle of the continuum. Women’s positioning was further interlinked with social networks and perceived decision-making power.

Female Genital Cutting

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