This paper discusses the eradication challenges of female circumcision in Ethiopia. It argues that despite an overall decline in the practice nationally, eradication efforts have caused significant quandaries for girls and their families. The most common justification by far for its continuance is that circumcision confirms a girl's social place by proving her readiness for marriage and adulthood and thereby ensures her protection against material want. Hence, intervention has often resulted in the transformation, rather than the elimination, of the practice, the exchange of one type of risk for another, or even increased risk to girls. In discussing policy, the paper argues that there has been a misapplication of the risk concept in the pr...
Background: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC) and female c...
The aim of article is to assess the determinants of mothers to daughters transmission of female geni...
Female circumcision is a traditional practice commonly associated with culture, religion, or a mix o...
This article discusses female circumcision in Ethiopia and the eradication challenges. It argues tha...
Child marriage and female circumcision are linked practices that are prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Local perspectives on female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia are explored in this paper....
Somalia has the highest global prevalence (98%) of female circumcision (FC), and, despite a long his...
Copyright © 2013 Abdi A. Gele et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
Child marriage and female circumcision are linked practices that are prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa...
In order to build on the momentum achieved to date and in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5.3...
The conundrum of female circumcision is a topic of heated ´global ´ debates on human rights and the ...
Some form of female genital mutilation or circumcision takes place in most countries in Africa. This...
Globally, more than 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C. More than half of these girls ...
This paper reviews the current knowledge on cultural change after migration in the practice of femal...
The paper studies the relationship between female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) dynamics, socia...
Background: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC) and female c...
The aim of article is to assess the determinants of mothers to daughters transmission of female geni...
Female circumcision is a traditional practice commonly associated with culture, religion, or a mix o...
This article discusses female circumcision in Ethiopia and the eradication challenges. It argues tha...
Child marriage and female circumcision are linked practices that are prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Local perspectives on female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia are explored in this paper....
Somalia has the highest global prevalence (98%) of female circumcision (FC), and, despite a long his...
Copyright © 2013 Abdi A. Gele et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
Child marriage and female circumcision are linked practices that are prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa...
In order to build on the momentum achieved to date and in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5.3...
The conundrum of female circumcision is a topic of heated ´global ´ debates on human rights and the ...
Some form of female genital mutilation or circumcision takes place in most countries in Africa. This...
Globally, more than 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C. More than half of these girls ...
This paper reviews the current knowledge on cultural change after migration in the practice of femal...
The paper studies the relationship between female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) dynamics, socia...
Background: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC) and female c...
The aim of article is to assess the determinants of mothers to daughters transmission of female geni...
Female circumcision is a traditional practice commonly associated with culture, religion, or a mix o...