Research Papers and Reports

Research
Papers and Reports

Islam
and ‘Female Circumcision’ : The Dispute Over FGM in the
Egyptian Press.
By Mordechai Kedar, September 1994.
Medicine and Law – Journal of the Word Association for Medical
Law. Published by the International Center for Health, Law
and Ethics, University of Haifa, Israel.
Vol. 21 No.7, 2002

Qualitiative Study of Perinatal Care Experiences Among
Somali Women and Local Health Care Professionals in Norway,
2004.
By Siri Vangen, R. Elise B. Johansen, Stoltenberg, Sundby
and Stray-Pedersen. Fore more information please contact
[email protected]

Baseline
Survey on Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence and Cohort
Assemby in CFCI Three Focus States, Sudan.
Assignment Report to UNICEF, Khartoum, Sudan.
By Prof. Ahmed Bayoumi, November 2003.

Perinatal Complications Among Ethnic Somalis in Norway,
2002.
By Siri Vangen, R. Elise B. Johansen, Stoltenberg, Sundby
and Stray-Pedersen. Fore more information please contact
[email protected]

Pain As A Counterpoint to Culture: Toward An Analysis
of Pain Associated with Infibulation Among Somali Immigrants
in Norway, 2002.
By R. Elise B. Johansen.
Fore more information please contact [email protected]

Replication
of the TOSTAN Program in Burkina Faso.
How 23 Villages Participated in Human Rights Based Education
Programme and Abandoned the Practice of Female Genital Cutting
in Burkina Faso.
By Dr. Nafissatou J. Diop, Edmond Bagde (Population Council),
Djingri Ouba (Mwangaza Action) and Molly Melching (TOSTAN).

Baseline Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices about
FGC in Eastern Nigeria. Report of Findings.
Prepared by Stella Babalola and Amouzou, John Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communications
Programs.

FGM in Sweden: Swedish Legislation Regarding “Female
Genital Mutilation” and Implementation of the Law
2004.
By Sara Johnsdotter. Research Report in Sociology 2004:1.
Department of Sociology, Lund University.

Somali
Women in Western Exile: Reassessing Female Circumcision
in the Light of Islamic Teachings 2003.
By Sara Johnsdotter. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
23 (2); 361-373.

Baseline
Data Collection for FGM Programmes:
A Review of Selective Approaches and Methods.
GTZ, Eschborn 2003.

Determinants
of Coital Frequency Among Married Women in Central African
Republic: The Role of Female Genital Cutting.
By Holley Stewart, Linda Morison and Richard White (2002).
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Created
by God: How Somalis in Swedish Exile Reasses the Practice
of Female Circumcision. By Sara Johnsdotter
(2002).
Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Social Anthropology,
Lund University, Sweden.
Summary
and Conclusions

Is
There An Association Between Female Circumcision and Perinatal
Death? By Birgitta Essen, Birgit Bodker,
N-O. Sjoberg, Saemundur Gudmundsson, P-O. Ostergren and
Jens Langhoff-Roos. Published in Bulletin of the World
Health Organization 2002, 80(8).

Addressing
FGM
Challenges and Perspectives for Health Programmes.
Part I: Selected Approaches
GTZ, Eschborn 2003.

A
Note on Culturally Condoned Forms of Violence Against Women
in Ethiopia: FGM, Early Marriage and Abduction
Based on research carried out by the Ethiopian Women’s Lawyers
Association, Hundee, and Kembatta Women’s Self-Help Centre,
2002.

Female
Genital Mutilation and Associated Gender and Political Issues
Among The Sabiny of Uganda.
By Sara Horsfall, Texas Wesleyan University. March 2000

International
Meeting on Preventing and Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation.

Stockholm, Sweden, November 10-11, 2003. Report from Meeting

International
Meeting on Preventing and Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation.
Stockholm, Sweden, November 10-11, 2003.

Ms. Laila Frievalds, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Opening Speech.

International
Meeting on Preventing and Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation.
Stockholm, Sweden,November 10-11, 2003.

Mr. Berit Andnor, Minister for Children and Family Affairs.
Closing Speech

Transforming Women Into ‘Pure’
Agnates: Aspects of Female Infibulation in Somalia.
By Aud Talle. Available in hard copy. For more
information please email [email protected]

Female
Circumcision in Indonesia: Extent, Implications and Possible
Interventions to Uphold Women’s Health Rights.
Population Council, Jakarta, September 2003.

Women’s
Denial of Having Experienced Female Genital Cutting in Northern
Ghana: Explanatory Factors and Consequences for Analysis
of Survey Data By Elizabeth
F. Jackson, Patricia Akweongo, Evelyn Sakeah, Abraham Hodgson,
Rofina Asuru and James F. Phillips. Published by Population
Council Policy Research Division Working Papers, 2003 No.178.

The Impact of Socio-Economic
Status on the Practice, Perception and Attitudes of Secondary
School Girls Towards Female Genital Mutilation By
Ahmed Abdel Magied, Huda Faried, Marwa Salama and Hanaa
Salama. Published in The Ahfad Journal Vol. 20 No.1 June
2003. Available in hardcopy. Please email [email protected]

Attitudes and Values of Egyptian
Opinion Leaders Towards FGM/C: A Qualitative Investigation
By Nahla Abd El-Tawab and Hala Youssef, UNICEF
and NCCM. Available in hard copy. Please email
[email protected]

“Female Genital Mutilation”
By Comfort Momoh, in The Social
Context of Birth, ed. Caroline Squire. London: Radcliffe
Medical Press, 2003. Available in hardcopy. Please email
[email protected]

Female Genital Mutilation also
known as Female Circumcision: Information for Health Professionals
By Comfort Momoh, 2003. Available
in hardcopy. Please email [email protected]

Female Genital Mutilation: Analysis
of the First Twelve Months of a Southeast London Specialist
Clinic. By Comfort Momoh, Shamez
Ladhani, Denise P. Lochrie and Janice Rymer. Published in
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Vol 109 Feb
2001, pp 186-191. Available in hardcopy. Please email [email protected]

The Impact of Socio-Economic
Status on the Practice, Perception and Attitudes of Secondary
School Girls Towards Female Genital Mutilation By
Ahmed Abdel Magied, Huda Faried, Marwa Salama and Hanaa
Salama. Published in The Ahfad Journal Vol. 20 No.1 June
2003. Available in hardcopy. Please email [email protected]

Female
Genital Mutilation in the Sudan: Survey of the Attitude
of Khartoum University Students Towards This Practice By
E Herieka and J Dhar. Published in Sexually Transmitted
Infections 2003 (79)

Discourses
on Women, Gender, and Health in Muslim Societies, An Historical
Perspective. By Kathryn M. Yount

The
Power of Older Women and Men in Egyptian and Tunisian Families.
By Kathryn M. Yount

Women,
Gender, and Aging as a Segment of the Life Cycle in Arab
Societies. By Kathryn M. Yount

Female Genital Mutilation: Implications
for Female Sexuality, Nigeria. By Samuel Dibieamaka
and Andrew Iwesim Otiono, Department of Physical and Health
Education, Delta State University, Nigeria. Published by
Women’s Studies International Forum. November-December 2003.
To view abstract, please email [email protected]

The Long-Term Reprodutive Health
Consequences of Female Genital Cutting in Rural Gambia:
A Community-Based Survey. By Linda Morison, Caroline
Scherf, Gloria Ekpo, Katie Paine, Beryl West, Rosalind Coleman
and Gijs Walraven. Published by Tropical Medecine and International
Health. August 2001. Available in PDF. Please email [email protected]

Female Genital Mutilation in
Switzerland: A Survey Among Gynaecologists. By
Fabienne Jager, Sylvie Schulze and Patrick Hohlfeld. Published
by Swiss Medical Weekly 2002; 132:259-264.
Available in PDF. Please email [email protected]

Integrating
Issues of Sexuality into Egyptian Family Planning Counseling
By Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Laila Nawar, Hala Youssef
and Dale Huntington. March 2000, Population Council and
Frontiers in Reproductive Health.

New
Study on Female Genital Mutilation Dismisses Proponent’s
Justifications Recent study by researchers
from the Women’s Health and Action Research Center, Nigeria
finds that FGC does not eliminate sexual feelings in women.

Male
Genital Mutilation (Circumcision): A Feminist Study of a
Muted Gender Issue By Seham Abd el Salam,
June 1999. Post Master’s Fellowship Research. Sociology,
Anthropology, Political Science and Economics Department,
The American University in Cairo.

The Decline of Female Circumcision in Egypt: Evidence and
Interpretation. By Omaima El-Gibaly, Barbara
Ibrahim, Barbara S. Mensch and Wesley H. Clark

Ellen Gruenbaum, The Female Circumcision
Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective. Book
review by Barbara Ibrahim. Studies in Family Planning Vol.
32 No. 2 June 2001. For more info please email
[email protected]

Virtuous Cuts: Female Genital
Circumcision in an African Ontology (excerpt) by
Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf

Yount,
KM. Health and Social Effects on Female Genital Cutting:
The Evidence to Date. Presented at the workshop
“Advancing Research on FGM,” Bellagio, Italy,
April, 2002.

Qualitative
Analysis on the Role and Relevance of Human Rights Language
in Efforts to Stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt.
Qiana Bradford and Kimberly McClure

Male
Complications of Female Genital Mutilation.
Lars Almroth, Vanja Almroth-Berggren, Osman Mahmoud Hassanein,
Said Salah Eldin Al-Said, Sharif Siddiq Alamin Hassan, Ulla-Britt
Lithell, Staffan Bergstrom

A
Community Based Study on the Change of Practice of Female
Genital Mutilation in a Sudanese Village.
Lars Almroth, Vanja Almroth-Berggren, Osman Mahmoud Hassanein,
N. El Hadi, Said Salah Eldin Al-Said, Ulla-Britt Lithell,
Staffan Bergstrom

Diverging Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting. Kathryn
M. Yount

Symbolic Gender Politics, Religious
Group Identity, And The Decline in Female Genital Cutting
in Minya, Egypt. Kathryn M. Yount (forthcoming)