Alternatives to female genital mutilation on the rise in Kenya Tonny Onyulo The Seattle Globalist, Feb. 19, 2015. Also available on the Seattle Globalist website Girls in patched black and red overalls dance down a narrow lane in the light … Read More
11 Feb 2015 – 10:44AM | By Samar Maguire A North West MEP has called for the EU to set out it’s plan of action to combat female genital mutilation, suggesting that victims must become the ‘right holders’. Julie Ward MEP, a … Read More
A cross-sectional study describing motivations and barriers to voluntary medical male circumcision in Lesotho Skolnik, L., Tsui, S., Ashengo, T.A., Kikaya, V., and Lukobo-Durrell, M. BMC Public Health, 14:1119 (Oct., 2014). Also available on the BioMed Central website Full Text … Read More
Prevalence of female genital mutilation and its effect on women’s health in Bale zone, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study Bogale, D., Markos, D., and Kaso, M. BMC Public Health, 14:1076 (Oct., 2014). Also available on the BioMed Central websiteFull Text … Read More
Twentieth Century Wanzams among the Asante People of Ghana: A Historical Study of the Facts on Male Circumcision Adu-Gyamfi, S. and Osei-Wusu Adjei, P. Open Journal of Preventative Medicine, 4 (2014), pp. 730-39. Also available on the Scientific Research Publishing … Read More
Correlation between National Peak HIV Prevalence and Concurrency, STI Treatment Capability, Condom Use and Circumcision: An Ecological Study Kenyon, C.R. and Buyze, J. World Journal of AIDS, 4 (2014), pp. 249-257. Also available on the Scientific Research Publishing website Full … Read More
Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/femalecircumcision/femalecirc_1.shtml Genital cutting is widespread within some African cultures and ethnic groups. It is seen as the climax of initiation, something that both boys and girls have to take part in before they are accepted as adults in the … Read More
Spatial modelling and mapping of female genital mutilation in Kenya Achia, T.N.O. BMC Public Health, 14:276 (Mar., 2014). Also available on the BioMed Central websiteFull Text (PDF): Spatial modelling and mapping of female genital mutilation in Kenya Abstract: Background … Read More
5/5 (1) Practical Ethics (University of Oxford), February 18, 2014 Abstract It is sometimes argued that the non-therapeutic, non-consensual alteration of children’s genitals should be discussed in two separate ethical discourses: one for girls (in which such alterations should be … Read More
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change UNICEF, July 2013 Also available on the UNICEF website. Full Text (PDF): FGM_A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change Summary: “A new report … Read More