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BY AMY WRIGHT GLENN PhillyVoice Contributor It took over 70 years of determined, dogged and dedicated effort to gain the right for women to vote in the United States. Seventy years. The women and men who initially campaigned for universal … Read More
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Female genital cutting in Thailand’s south Gabrielle Paluch Al Jazeera, Apr. 1, 2015 Also available on the Yahoo! News website Yala, Thailand – “Just a little,” Dr Patimoh Usama says, pinching the tip of her finger showing how she cuts … Read More
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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
1/5 (1) 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 … 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