Table of contents - Special Issue: Female genital mutilation
Guest Editors: Dan Reisel
Demographic perspectives of female genital mutilation
Mengjia Liang, Edilberto Loaiza, Nafissatou J. Diop, Berhanu LegesseThis publication aims to document the most relevant features of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in 23 African and six Arab countries. The purpose of this paper is…
Belief systems enforcing female genital mutilation in Europe
Yussif Nagumse Alhassan, Hazel Barrett, Katherine E Brown, Kayleigh KwahDespite numerous studies on FGM, little is known about belief systems that support FGM in the EU. The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamic nature of belief systems and…
Male perspectives on FGM among communities of African heritage in Italy
Lucrezia Catania, Rosaria Mastrullo, Angela Caselli, Rosa Cecere, Omar Abdulcadir, Jasmine AbdulcadirThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes, knowledge and beliefs regarding female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) of six groups of immigrant men from countries…
The impact of FGM on Shangani women in Zimbabwe
Darlington Mutanda, Howard RukondoThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the context of gender and HIV/AIDS among the Shangani people in Zimbabwe. Broadly, the…
Constructing the female body: using female genital mutilation law to address genital-normalizing surgery on intersex children in the United States
Sylvan FraserThe purpose of this paper is to explore the harms suffered by intersex children who are subjected to medically unnecessary genital-normalizing surgery (GNS) and the possible…
ISSN:
2056-4902Renamed from:
Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social CareOnline date, start – end:
2015Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Theo Gavrielides