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Jul 6, 2020 · Female genital mutilation (FGM) is of growing concern to health care providers in the United States and Canada as more women from countries where the procedure is practiced emigrate to North...
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful traditional practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons (WHO, 2020).
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Mar 11, 2014 · A Case Study Using Female Genital Mutilation. Kirsten Moore, BA, Kate Randolph, MA, Nahid Toubia, MD and Elizabeth Kirberger,JD, MPH. This article explores the usefulness of the human rights paradigm for dealing with the legal, political, and social ques- tions raised by health issues, with particular emphasis on the role of health ...
Mutilation or enhancement? What is morally at stake in body alterations. Brian D. Earp. 2019, Practical Ethics (University of Oxford) I argue against the use of 'mutilation' in certain contexts, as there is evidence that such stigmatizing language may have adverse effects on the very people who are meant to be helped.
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According to some cultures, it is through the mutilation of her own genitals that every woman recognises herself and is recognised as a member of her community. Not undergoing these practices means condemning herself to exclusion and rejection and thus to a loss of the sense of belonging to a community.
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May 12, 2017 · Two hundred million girls and women are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) , a traditional practice that involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia. FGM is a dire violation of human rights— particularly women and children’s rights— and results in severe health complications, including but not ...
Dec 24, 2019 · When a US federal judge ruled recently that a 1996 law prohibiting "female genital mutilation" (FGM) was unconstitutional, it prompted shock and dismay across the political spectrum: how could it...
