Female Genital Cutting In Industrialized Countries

Author : Mary Nyangweso
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216083795

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This book comprehensively examines the practice of female genital mutilation and proposes new intervention programs and community-based initiatives that protect the rights of children and women who live with the serious risks and long-term consequences of the practice. Why is FGM on the increase in industrialized countries in spite of existing policies against the practice? How is political correctness contributing to this increase? And how does religion contribute implicitly or explicitly to the persistence of FGM? This work is authored by a Kenyan immigrant to the United States who recognizes the necessity of better protection of women's rights regarding FGM in first-world nations and the need for these countries to recognize this issue as a serious challenge to values and health services. The book provides complete information about the practice of female genital cutting, explaining its origin, identifying the countries where this practice is common, and documenting the rise of FGM in industrialized nations. The second half of the book examines existing intervention programs with the goal of improving the situation by way of transforming policies, addressing the legal aspects of the issue, and improving health care services. A powerful resource for college and university level students in the humanities, social science, and medical fields, this book will also serve general readers with interest in examining challenges women grapple with internationally.

Author : UNICEF.
Publisher : UNICEF
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789280639414

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Female Genital Mutilation/cutting by UNICEF. Pdf

This publication analyses available statistics on female genital mutilation/cutting, with the aim of improving understanding of related issues in the wider context of gender equality and social change. The study centres on women aged 15-49 and their daughters, presenting estimates and examining differentials in prevalence, and highlighting patterns within the data that can strategically inform programmatic efforts. It will serve as a companion piece to the November 2005 UNICEF Innocenti Digest on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.

Author : Ylva Hernlund,Bettina Shell-Duncan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813541389

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Transcultural Bodies by Ylva Hernlund,Bettina Shell-Duncan Pdf

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 : Mary Nyangweso
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440833472

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Female Genital Cutting in Industrialized Countries by Mary Nyangweso Pdf

This book comprehensively examines the practice of female genital mutilation and proposes new intervention programs and community-based initiatives that protect the rights of children and women who live with the serious risks and long-term consequences of the practice. Why is FGM on the increase in industrialized countries in spite of existing policies against the practice? How is political correctness contributing to this increase? And how does religion contribute implicitly or explicitly to the persistence of FGM? This work is authored by a Kenyan immigrant to the United States who recognizes the necessity of better protection of women's rights regarding FGM in first-world nations and the need for these countries to recognize this issue as a serious challenge to values and health services. The book provides complete information about the practice of female genital cutting, explaining its origin, identifying the countries where this practice is common, and documenting the rise of FGM in industrialized nations. The second half of the book examines existing intervention programs with the goal of improving the situation by way of transforming policies, addressing the legal aspects of the issue, and improving health care services. A powerful resource for college and university level students in the humanities, social science, and medical fields, this book will also serve general readers with interest in examining challenges women grapple with internationally.

Author : Terry Teague Meyer
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499460513

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Female Genital Cutting by Terry Teague Meyer Pdf

This urgently important, unflinching, yet sensitive examination raises awareness about female genital cutting and provides essential information to help end its practice. According to a 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet, more than 125 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to some form of genital cutting in twenty-nine countries in Africa and the Middle East. Census figures (2000) show that 228,000 women and girls in the United States have suffered from such procedures or are at future risk. This indispensible volume is packed with resources to support women's physical, psychological, and emotional health and healing.

Author : Elizabeth Heger Boyle
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 080188263X

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Female Genital Cutting by Elizabeth Heger Boyle Pdf

The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produces a visceral response of horror and revulsion in Westerners, the practice is widely regarded in some cultures as essential for proper development into womanhood and is defended by women who have themselves experienced it and who have had the procedure performed on their own daughters. It is also perceived in many Islamic communities as religiously prescribed, although most Islamic clerics do not condone the practice. In this study, sociologist Elizabeth Boyle examines this controversial issue from the perspectives of the international system, governments, and individuals. Drawing on previous scholarship, records of international organizations, demographic surveys, and the popular media, Boyle examines how the issue is perceived and acted upon at international, national, and individual levels. Grounding her work in the sociological theory of neoinstitutionalism, Boyle describes how the choices made by governments and individual women are influenced by the often conflicting principles of individual human rights and sovereign autonomy. She concludes that while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change.

Author : Nahid Toubia,Susan Izett,World Health Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Clitoridectomy
ISBN : UCSD:31822034231100

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Female Genital Mutilation by Nahid Toubia,Susan Izett,World Health Organization Pdf

2. Prevalence and epidemiology

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:485938865

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Female Genital Mutilation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 1856497739

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Female Genital Mutilation by Center for Reproductive Law & Policy Pdf

1. Background and history

Author : Susan Izett
Publisher : Research Action & Information Network for Bodily Integrity of Women
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Female circumcision
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112617902

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Learning about Social Change by Susan Izett Pdf

A guide on conducting research and evaluation to understand and effect social change. The book uses female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) as a case study and discusses experiences of researchers in the field who have worked on the subject highlighting methodologies and approaches that have proved effective. While the specifics in the book are related to FC/FGM, many of the approaches described could also be applicable for research on sensitive and related issues, such as sexuality and domestic violence. The book examines the process of social change which occurs both naturally and as a result of specific interventions.

Author : Bettina Shell-Duncan,Ylva Hernlund
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1555879950

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Female "circumcision" in Africa by Bettina Shell-Duncan,Ylva Hernlund Pdf

To ban excision in Meru, Kenya, Lynn Thomas

Author : Nahid Toubia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1893136043

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Female Genital Mutilation by Nahid Toubia Pdf

Author : Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812201024

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Female Circumcision by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf Pdf

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 : Terry Teague Meyer
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499460506

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Female Genital Cutting by Terry Teague Meyer Pdf

This urgently important, unflinching, yet sensitive examination raises awareness about female genital cutting and provides essential information to help end its practice. According to a 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet, more than 125 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to some form of genital cutting in twenty-nine countries in Africa and the Middle East. Census figures (2000) show that 228,000 women and girls in the United States have suffered from such procedures or are at future risk. This indispensible volume is packed with resources to support women's physical, psychological, and emotional health and healing.

Author : Ellen Gruenbaum
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812292510

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The Female Circumcision Controversy by Ellen Gruenbaum Pdf

To the Western eye, there is something jarringly incongruous, even shocking, about the image of a six-year-old girl being held down by loving relatives so that her genitals can be cut. Yet two million girls experience this each year. Most Westerners, upon learning of the practice of female circumcision, have responded with outrage; those committed to improving the status of women have gone beyond outrage to action by creating various programs for "eradicating" the practice. But few understand the real life complexities families face in deciding whether to follow the traditional practices or to take the risk of change. In The Female Circumcision Controversy, Ellen Gruenbaum points out that Western outrage and Western efforts to stop genital mutilation often provoke a strong backlash from people in the countries where the practice is common. She looks at the validity of Western arguments against the practice. In doing so, she explores both outsider and insider perspectives on female circumcision, concentrating particularly on the complex attitudes of the individuals and groups who practice it and on indigenous efforts to end it. Gruenbaum finds that the criticisms of outsiders are frequently simplistic and fail to appreciate the diversity of cultural contexts, the complex meanings, and the conflicting responses to change. Drawing on over five years of fieldwork in Sudan, where the most severe forms of genital surgery are common, Gruenbaum shows that the practices of female circumcision are deeply embedded in Sudanese cultural traditions—in religious, moral, and aesthetic values, and in ideas about class, ethnicity, and gender. Her research illuminates both the resistance to and the acceptance of change. She shows that change is occurring as the result of economic and social developments, the influences of Islamic activists, the work of Sudanese health educators, and the efforts of educated African women. That does not mean that there is no role for outsiders, Gruenbaum asserts, and she offers suggestions for those who wish to help facilitate change. By presenting specific cultural contexts and human experiences with a deep knowledge of the tremendous variation of the practice and meaning of female circumcision, Gruenbaum provides an insightful analysis of the process of changing this complex, highly debated practice.