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http://hdl.handle.net/2307/3170| Title: | Attitudes toward Female Circumcision among Men and Women in Two Districts in Somalia: Is It Time to Rethink Our Eradication Strategy in Somalia? | Authors: | Abdi A. Gele Bø, Bente P. Sundby, Johanne |
Discipline: | Center for Somali Studies List of Subjects::Medicine::general Xoghayaha Xarunta Cilmibaarista Soomaaliyeed::Daawo::guud Soggettario Centro Studi Somalo::MEDICINA::Generale |
Keywords: | female circumcision female genital mutilations women Somali people gudniinka haweenka curyaaminta xubnaha taranka ee dumarka haween ummadda soomaaliyeed circoncisione femminile mutilazioni genitali femminili donne popolazione somala |
Issue Date: | 2013 | Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Type: | article | Journal: | Obstetrics and Gynecology International | Call Number: | Originale conservato presso il Centro Studi Somali (http://host.uniroma3.it/centri/CentroStudiSomali/index.php) | Pages: | 12 | Abstract: | Somalia has the highest global prevalence (98%) of female circumcision (FC), and, despite a long history of abandonment efforts, it is not clear as to whether or not these programmes have changed people’s positive attitudes toward the practice, this paper explores the attitudes of Somalis living in Hargeisa and Galkayo districts to the practice of FC. Inkastoo ay jiraan dadaalo lagu ciribtiraya gudniinka fircooniha, haddana Soomaaliyaa waa meesha caalamka ugu badan adeegsiga gudniinka haweenka (98%). Maqaalkaani wuxuu dhaqankaas ka baaraya soomaalida ku kala nool Hargeysa iyo Gaalkacyo. La Somalia ha la più alta incidenza mondiale (98%) di circoncisione femminile (CF), e, nonostante gli sforzi compiuto per la sua eradicazione, non è chiaro quanto l'atteggiamento delle persone verso la pratica sia cambiato, questo articolo esplora la questione tra i somali di Hargeisa e Galkayo. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2307/3170 | Rights: | Link: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ogi/2013/312734/ | Language: | en |
| Appears in Collections: | Articoli - Maqaallo - Articles |
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