Female Genital Mutilation
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2001Author
Leye, E,
Temmerman, M
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Female genital mutilation is a collective name for all traditional practices concerning the cutting of the female genitals. Approximately 130 million are genitally cut worldwide, more than 100 million live in Africa. Annually, 2 million girls are at risk of being circumcised. FGM is deeply rooted in culture, tradition, religion and the identity. Hence, the struggle against FGM must be a combined effort of law enforcement, targeted information- and sensibilization campaigns, education and training activities for various target groups that aim at establishing behavioural changes.
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http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/11436419http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40628
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Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 2001;63(2):161-76.Publisher
University of Nairobi Community Health ,University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]