10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFIBULATION»
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infibulation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Infibulation: Female Mutilation in Islamic Northeastern Africa
Infibulation is the most extreme form of female circumcision. It plays an important role in the Islamic societies of northeastern Africa. Until now, the social significance and function of this practice has been poorly understood.
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Female "circumcision" in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and ...
To. Marry. and. Bear. Children? The. Demographic. Consequences. of.
Infibulation. in. Sudan. Deborah. Balk. In Sudan, as elsewhere in the Horn of
Africa, female "circumcision" is a critical part of gender identification (e.g., van der
Kwaak ...
Bettina Shell-Duncan, Ylva Hernlund, 2000
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Encyclopedia of Birth Control
When a girl has been infibulated, she must thereafter pass her urine and
menstrual blood through the remaining tiny opening until her infibulation is
partially torn or cut open when she marries. Giving birth is complicated by the
infibulation scar, ...
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Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline, With a New Preface ...
discussed in great detail, and that is infibulation, which she vigorously opposes.
Noting that “it is highly likely that [infibulation] emerged as the functional
equivalent to the seclusion of women,”57 she explains that in Africa, unlike India,
women ...
Richard A. POSNER, Richard A Posner, 2009
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Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to ...
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem George C.
Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos. Sunna Gudnin An
Alternative Ritual to Infibulation in Merka Somalia Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Lydia
Rabuffetti, ...
George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, 2001
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ASA news : for African Studies Association members
Given that the elimination of clitoridectomy and infibulation is the desired goal,
the task then is to find appropriate and effective means of achieving that goal.
Fran Hosken, the publisher of a newsletter called Women's International Network
...
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A Miracle and a Privilege:: Recounting a Half Century of ...
Côte d'Ivoire* 60 3,750,000 Djibouti 98 196,000 Infibulation almost universally
practiced. The Union Nationale des Femmes de Djibouti (UNFD) runs a clinic
where a milder form of infibulation is performed under local anesthesia. Egypt 50
...
Francis D. Moore, M.D., 1995
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Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision ...
Chapter 11 CHANGES IN INFIBULATION PRACTICE IN EAST AFRICA
Comments on a Ritual Alternative to Infibulation in Merka, Somalia Pia
Grassivaro Gallo, Ph.D., Marica Livio, Ph.D., Franco Viviani, Ph.D. Faculty of
Psychology, University ...
George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, 2004
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Adam Cornelius Bert, 2011
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Between Rites and Rights: Excision in Women’s Experiential ...
Unlike excision, which is an initiation rite in Kenya (Part I) or a religiously and
culturally sanctioned rite of passage, however deritual- ized, as in Egypt (Part II),
the "sealed condition" of infibulation is nowhere attested as a rite (Erlich 1986, 26
).
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFIBULATION»
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infibulation is used in the context of the following news items.
10 things on FGM a doctor should know
3) Re-infibulation is illegal; there is no clinical justification for re-infibulation and it should not be undertaken under any circumstances. 4) If FGM ... «West - Welfare Society Territory, Jul 15»
A GNA feature by James Amoh (Jnr)
Aesthetically, a genitalia cut is considered to have a nicer appearance whereas others view infibulation as protection against rape. For instance ... «Ghana News Agency, Jul 15»
Guidelines Updated on Care for Women With Genital Mutilation
... FGM type 3 involves narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia (infibulation). «Medscape, Jul 15»
New guidance advises clinicians on tackling FGM
Women who are likely to benefit from de-infibulation should be counselled and offered the procedure before pregnancy and ideally before first ... «Nursing Times, Jul 15»
Britain rolled out app to help women of Female Genital Mutilation
Type three is Infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal passage while many harmful genital procedures like incising, cauterizing, pricking, ... «Times Gazette, Jul 15»
Kenya: 10 Things You Need to Know About FGM
With the third type, which is also called 'infibulation', all of the clitoris and the inner and outer labia are removed. The fourth type is a variation of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
FGM cutter: 'Practice stops girls becoming prostitutes'
... where the clitoris, inner lips and outer lips are cut away and the remaining skin is sewn or sealed, leaving only a small opening (infibulation). «The Voice Online, Jul 15»
Waris Dirie: the supermodel giving FGM victims their sexuality back
By “sunna”, Lolkoki means she had a clitoridectomy, rather than full infibulation. “That meant it was easier to revive [sexual function],” she adds. «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
Meet the Transgender Woman Giving New Hope to Victims of …
... varies in severity from place to place, but typically involves either infibulation, a deliberate narrowing of the vaginal opening caused by cutting ... «Mic, Jun 15»
Liberia's 2014 US Human Rights Report
The most extreme form of FGM/C, infibulation, was not practiced. The law does not prohibit FGM/C, and traditional institutions, such as the ... «Front Page Africa, Jun 15»
