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May 11, 2022 · Abstract. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is justified by sociocultural arguments, including that it guarantees girls’/women’s appropriate sexual behavior, thus preserving family honor. We explored the perspectives of Guineans who do not practice FGM (“positive deviants”), as well as of Guineans who still practice FGM but who are ...
- 10.1007/s12119-022-09975-5
- 2022
- Sex Cult. 2022; 26(5): 1858-1884.
Female genital mutilation is perceived to be a cultural practice that subjugates women and interferes with bodily integrity.
- Anne M. Gibeau
- 1998
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Abstract. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of violence against the girls and the women and also an infringement into the rights of the women in the society. It is practiced mostly in Africa, but migration has revolutionized its spread to almost all parts of the world.
- Olalekan Olugbenga Awolola, N A Ilupeju
- 2019
- Accessing The Research Setting
- Recruitment and Sampling
- Training The Co-Researchers
- Data Collection
- Ethics Approval
- Safeguarding
- Consent
- Confidentiality
- Reflective Statement
- Data Analysis
The research took place in three communities in Bristol, Cardiff and Milton Keynes, selected because each had relatively large Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities affected by FGM [6, 7]. Greater London has the largest estimated proportion of people from FGM affected countries (21.0 per 1000 population), followed by Bristol with an e...
Recruitment of participants’ involved two phases, the first of which entailed recruitment of nine young people aged 15–18 from an FGM affected community in Bristol, to train as co-researchers. These recruits would eventually conduct focus groups and interviews with the second wave of younger participants aged 13–15 recruited from three neighbourhoo...
Following successful recruitment of the co-researchers, a 12-week period of training was undertaken in 2016–17 to prepare them for undertaking the research with the younger research participants in the three localities. The training took place at a youth centre in the centre of Bristol, a location identified by the co-researchers and their parents ...
In March 2017, the co-researchers conducted their first two focus groups in Bristol with the first group of research participants. These were audio-recorded and facilitated by two of the co-researchers. The principal researcher was always present but maintained a passive role throughout. Each focus group lasted approximately 2 h and took place in a...
This study adhered to the British Educational Research Association ethical guidelines and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health and Applied Science at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK in August 2016 (reference: HAS.16.07.176). The considerations taken into account are detailed below.
Research in this sensitive area required consideration of safeguarding issues. The term ‘safeguarding’ extends beyond the definition of child protection, to include the notion of prevention . This is the need to avert any harmful acts from occurring to a vulnerable third-party, which may be relevant to the researchers hearing any disclosures of FGM...
Considering the age of the participants, and due to the nature of the research subject, it was essential to engage and gain consent from parents in this project. The reasons for this were two-fold. Firstly, following conversations with gatekeepers, it was anticipated that young people were more likely to attend meetings and training if their parent...
The issue of confidentiality was, and remains, important in this research. The co-researchers, having dual roles as community members and researchers, may have come across information not generally accessible to the public during this study, specifically through the focus groups and interviews. This issue was addressed by discussing the principles ...
As noted earlier, people live and communicate with others from various perspectives and positions that are shaped by intersecting aspects of social identities. In relation to this research, these aspects included: gender, age, education and religion, any or all of which may have impacted on young people’s experience during the research process. The...
The data analysis after each phase of data collection followed the six-phase reflexive thematic analysis process described by Braun and Clarke [49, 50]. The three data corpora (training workshops, interviews and focus groups), were analysed using NVivo 11 software. Although conducting a robust analysis does not always require the use of customised ...
- Saadye Ali, Nick de Viggiani, Aida Abzhaparova, Debra Salmon, Selena Gray
- 2020
May 19, 2021 · Abstract. The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply-rooted tradition that affects predominantly regions of Africa and Asia. Because of migration flows, FGM is an issue of increasing concern worldwide. FGM is now carried out in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and more specifically among immigrant communities ...
- Alba González-Timoneda, Antonio Cano Sánchez, Marta González-Timoneda, Vicente Ruiz Ros
- 2021
II. CULTURAL RELATIVISM. ¶5 The cutting of a little girl’s clitoris: coined as a “great moment in the life of women, [and] a celebration”5 (emphasis added) in some regions, is a form of outright torture6 and cruelty in the vast majority of the world.
May 6, 2017 · She has studied FGM trends in dozens of countries where it is culturally accepted. Note: Given the subject this story explores, the discussion includes some explicit language. This procedure is ...
