Cultural Beliefs, Human Rights Violations, and Female Genital Cutting
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Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa.
OBJECTIVE To conduct a cross-national comparative study of the prevalence and correlates of female genital cutting (FGC) practices and beliefs in western Africa. METHODS Data from women who responded to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys between 2005 and 2007 were used to estimate the frequencies of ever having been circumcised, having had a daughter circumcised, and believing that FGC pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1556-2948,1556-2956
DOI: 10.1300/j500v05n03_02