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Journal articles on the topic "Female circumcision":

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Safitri, Nimas Dwi, and Nur Maghfirah Aesthetika. "MAKNA KHITAN PEREMPUAN DALAM FILM PERTARUHANSEGMEN “UNTUK APA”." KANAL: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi 2, no. 2 (October 1, 2016): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.21070/kanal.v2i2.297.

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Feminism is one of issues which always talked about. It is a reason for a young director like Nia Dinata in Kalyana Shira Films Production House makes some documenter films about woman (feminism). One of them is Pertaruhan. In this film, there is 4 segmens, and in the second segmen has title “Untuk Apa?” raises about female circumcision. In this segmen there are many symbols and signs which has hidden meanings. Semiotic used to reveal that denotation sign of female circumcisionin this film is as an implementation of syari’ah Islam. Connotative sign in this film is female circumcisionas a tradition and culture in society. They believe that female circumcisionis one of legitimate terms for being a Moslem. Myths in this film is an animism culture in society, people’s belief that female circumcisionable to decrease number of cheating in marriage and able to give more satisfy to her partner when doing intimate relationship.
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Shaw, Evelyn. "Female Circumcision." American Journal of Nursing 85, no. 6 (June 1985): 684. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3425308.

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Shaw, Evelyn. "FEMALE CIRCUMCISION." AJN, American Journal of Nursing 85, no. 6 (June 1985): 684–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000446-198506000-00021.

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Reichert, Gail A. "Female Circumcision." AWHONN Lifelines 2, no. 3 (June 1998): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1552-6356.1998.tb01030.x.

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Erian, Mark M. S., and Judith T. W. Goh. "Female Circumcision." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 35, no. 1 (February 1995): 83–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1995.tb01838.x.

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Shorten, Allison. "Female circumcision." Holistic Nursing Practice 9, no. 2 (January 1995): 66–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004650-199501000-00010.

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Brisson, Paul, Haroon Patel, and Neil Feins. "Female circumcision." Journal of Pediatric Surgery 36, no. 7 (July 2001): 1068–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2001.24755.

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Hariyadi, Riski, Kholil Syu'aib, and Mustiah RH. "Denda Adat Mengkhitan Anak Perspektif Hukum Islam (Studi di Desa Rambah Kecamatan Tanah Tumbuh Kabupaten Bungo)." NALAR FIQH: Jurnal Hukum Islam 1, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 13–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.30631/nf.v1i1.1273.

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This study aims to find out specifically the phenomenon of customary fines for children circumcising in Rambah Village, Tanah Tumbuh District, Bungo Regency and review the perspective of Islamic law on this phenomenon. This research is library research and field research, data collection method using interview, observation, and documentation. Data analysis went through three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing and verification. This study found that the customary fine practice of circumcising children in Rambah Village occurred because in the process of children circumcising it was considered to have violated twenty laws. Therefore, children circumcision in Rambah Village is subject to sanctions in the form of paying customary fines, the fines are in accordance with applicable customs. In Islam, circumcision is a matter of fitrah, whether male circumcision or female circumcision, there is no argument regarding fines when children circumcising. However, holding walimah circumcision in any form, it is permissible.
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Hariyadi, Riski, Kholil Syu'aib, and Mustiah RH. "Denda Adat Mengkhitan Anak Perspektif Hukum Islam (Studi di Desa Rambah Kecamatan Tanah Tumbuh Kabupaten Bungo)." NALAR FIQH: Jurnal Hukum Islam 13, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 13–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.30631/nf.v13i1.1273.

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This study aims to find out specifically the phenomenon of customary fines for children circumcising in Rambah Village, Tanah Tumbuh District, Bungo Regency and review the perspective of Islamic law on this phenomenon. This research is library research and field research, data collection method using interview, observation, and documentation. Data analysis went through three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing and verification. This study found that the customary fine practice of circumcising children in Rambah Village occurred because in the process of children circumcising it was considered to have violated twenty laws. Therefore, children circumcision in Rambah Village is subject to sanctions in the form of paying customary fines, the fines are in accordance with applicable customs. In Islam, circumcision is a matter of fitrah, whether male circumcision or female circumcision, there is no argument regarding fines when children circumcising. However, holding walimah circumcision in any form, it is permissible.
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Parker, Melissa. "Rethinking female circumcision." Africa 65, no. 4 (October 1995): 506–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161130.

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AbstractFemale circumcision is practised in more than twenty African countries as well as in a number of countries in the Middle East, and it has been estimated that at least 100 million females have been circumcised worldwide. It is striking, however, that much more concern has been expressed about female circumcision than about other operations or infections which adversely affect the reproductive health of women. In the academic arena, it is also interesting that gynaecologists, epidemiologists and anthropologists have tended to focus on a relatively small number of questions, and even these have rarely been investigated in any depth. This article focuses on the work of researchers from Europe and North America in order to show that intense emotions underlie this interest and concern. Amidst growing interest in the anthropology of emotions it is suggested that greater attention should be paid to understanding the source of these emotions and the way in which they influence fieldwork and data analysis. Until it is, our understanding of female circumcision will remain partial, as data will continue to be collected and interpreted in an inadequate way.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Female circumcision":

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Ivan, Patricia. "Female circumcision, reasons, rights and relativism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ26123.pdf.

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Frissa, Merertu Mogga. "Reproduction of Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Female Circumcision." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19962.

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There is an adverse reaction to the practice of female circumcision in the West. This study investigates the adverse reaction to reveal the public discourse on female circumcision as one that is gendered. Using a critical discourse analysis, the study examines the body of Western discourses to explore the reproduction of system of gender hierarchy in the discourse. Guided by a theoretical analysis of the ‘private’/’public' divide through which feminine and masculine power is enforced, the study exposes ways in which similar power relation is sustained in the body of Western discourses on female circumcision. The study applies a textual analysis inquiring the language use of the Fran Hosken report and policy statements originating from the United States, United Kingdome, and international organizations. Using various themes that emerged during the textual analysis, the study deconstructs the body of Western discourses on female circumcision and presents the construction of femininity and masculinity. The findings suggest the discursive application of control and power grounded in rationality, science, knowledge and ways of being.
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Hutt, Nicole L. "Bridging the cultural divide a chronological analysis of female genital cutting in selected anglophone and francophone literature and film /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3180.

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Thesis (M.A.)--George Mason University, 2007.
Vita: p. 85. Thesis director: Paula Gilbert. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Foreign Languages. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 18, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84). Also issued in print.
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Shermarke, Marian A. A. "Understanding the Canadian community context of female circumcision." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23981.

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This qualitative research study explores female circumcision within the Canadian community perspective.
Issues examined in the literature review include: the historical background of the practice, its cultural and religious implications, its effects on health, existing social pressures to continue or discontinue the practice and the subjective constructions of majority and minority identities, perspectives and interactions in Canada's multicultural society.
For the purposes of this study majority/minority relations are explored in terms of the interactions between an immigrant community from a FC practicing country and the mainstream community in Canada. The Somali community has been chosen for this case study as the one best known to the author and as one in whose country of origin available statistics indicate a 98% prevalence rate of FC. Canadian mainstream reactions to this practice are analyzed through media reporting and statements from Somalis in Canada describing their interactions with the mainstream community on this issue.
Members of the Somali community in Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario were interviewed in order to cover as wide an area as possible, including difference in provinces. The following six themes were chosen after data analysis: the Effects of FC on Health, the Cultural Orientation of FC, Religious Beliefs Regarding FC, Social Pressures, A Sense of Differentness and Efforts to Discourage the Practice of FC. These themes are discussed with special attention being paid to 'differentness' and the mechanisms or coping skills developed to deal with this complex social phenomenon which involves opposing values, beliefs and perceptions.
In its final section, the study examines the social work implications of the findings which address intercultural fears, anxieties and the dynamics of power involved in the way the FC issue has been addressed in Canada.
Practice, program and policy recommendations with regard to discouraging FC practice are made at the end of the thesis.
The study concludes with the observation that the debate around FC in Canada is much wider than the issue itself and that the practice has been sensationalized in a manner which has emphasized perceptions of differentness which exist in our society. No constructive dialogue will be possible around this issue until the issue of differentness is addressed, and mutual fears and anxieties evoked by the perception of differentness are dealt with in a sensitive manner, in both immigrant and mainstream communities.
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Hernlund, Ylva. "Winnowing culture : negotiating female "circumcision" in the Gambia /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6474.

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Tatah, Emmanuel Fai. "Female Circumcision: A Phenomenological Study of Somalian Immigrant to the United States." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2461.

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Female circumcision (FC) is the partial or total removal of the female genitalia for nonmedical reasons. This study was designed to examine the lived experiences of Somali women who underwent FC before coming to the United States. FC is widely carried out in Somalia with a prevalence of 98%, making Somalia the country with the highest percentage of circumcised women. There are short- and long-term consequences associated with FC such as bleeding, infection, and death. Therefore, it is important to understand how Somali women who underwent FC think and feel about circumcision, why they would continue the practice, and whether they would recommend the practice for others. Using a qualitative research method with a phenomenological approach aligned with the use of social convention theory as a conceptual framework, data were collected from 12 Somali women who underwent FC, who were living in the United States at the time of the study, who were 18 years old and above and who were recruited online through SurveyMonkey without disclosing their identities. Thirty-five open-ended questions were posted online for participants to complete. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis method was used for data analysis. The respondents reported experiencing negative consequences from FC practice including pain, miscarriages, and heavy bleeding. The majority of the women in the study supported the eradication of FC in all forms. Based on the findings of this study, possible implications for positive social change include enabling health professionals to create culturally-diverse education and care and altering the social convention of FC so that the morbidity and mortality caused by FC is reduced and the lives of girls and women in Somalia are improved.
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Snively, Judith. "Female bodies, male politics : women and the female circumcision controversy in Kenyan colonial discourse." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26124.

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At the end of the 1920s in Kenya, Protestant Missionaries, government authorities and Christian Kikuyu clashed when missionaries sought to prohibit female circumcision among their adherents. The mission discourse emphasised the negative moral and physical effects of female circumcision on individual women, while that of the government stressed the function of female circumcision in maintaining the body-politic. The colonial discourse, as whole, is marked by a striking division between issues concerning women and those deemed political. Thus, women seldom appear as actors in historical narratives of the female circumcision controversy, which is generally represented as a nationalist movement initiated by, and of concern to, men.
This thesis presents alternate readings of the relevant colonial records. By examining the processes that functioned to exclude women from the political discourse it provides a different interpretation of the controversy as one in which women did indeed play a central political role, indirectly controlling the issue through men, who were regarded by the colonialists as the legitimate representatives of tribal interests. The thesis explores indirect methods of eliciting the perspectives of women which are muted or absent from the historical record.
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Rehel, Erin Marie. "Female genital cutting in the context of Islamic bioethics." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83201.

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Female genital cutting (FGC) has received much attention since the early 1980s. Decried as both a human rights violation and a barbaric example of the patriarchal subjugation of women and girls in developing nations, FGC has only recently been examined within the cultural framework in which it takes place. This thesis will focus on the Muslim communities in Egypt and Sudan who continue to engage in FGC as a required Muslim practice. Starting from the notion that FGC has a limiting effect on a woman's overall health, this thesis will use three foundational notions from Islamic medical ethics to argue against the continuation of FGC. Specifically, it will elaborate and draw on the Islamic position in favor of organ transplantation, thus further illustrating the argument against FGC. By using principles and notions from Islamic medical ethics, this thesis will argue against FGC from within Islam.
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Berggren, Vanja. "Female genital mutilation : studies on primary and repeat female genital cutting /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-231-4/.

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Reason, Letitia L. "Cultural evolutionary processes and the transmission of attitudes toward female genital cutting among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6523.

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Books on the topic "Female circumcision":

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Josiah, Mwaniki. Female circumcision. Nairobi: Uzima Press, 1990.

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Midwives, Royal College of, ed. Femal genital mutilation (female circumcision). London: Royal College of Midwives, 1998.

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Denniston, George C., Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, eds. Male and Female Circumcision. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b102182.

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Zablon, Jacob Kibor. Christian response to female circumcision. Nairobi, Kenya: Evangel Pub. House, 2007.

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Zablon, Jacob Kibor. Christian response to female circumcision. Nairobi, Kenya: Evangel Pub. House, 2007.

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al-Hādī, Āmāl ʻAbd. Physicians' attitudes towards female circumcision. Garden City, Cairo: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, 1999.

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Ballal, Ahmed Ibrahim. Psychological effects of female circumcision. New York: Vantage Press, 1992.

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Zablon, Jacob Kibor. Christian response to female circumcision. Nairobi, Kenya: Evangel Pub. House, 2007.

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Zablon, Jacob Kibor. Christian response to female circumcision. Nairobi, Kenya: Evangel Pub. House, 2007.

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National Committee on Traditional Practices of Ethiopia. and NCTPE/EC Project Fund, eds. Female genital mutilation. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: NCTPE/EC Project Fund, 1999.

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Book chapters on the topic "Female circumcision":

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Haas, H. "Female Circumcision." In Gynecology and Obstetrics, 47–50. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70559-5_11.

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Fathalla, Mahmoud F. "Circumcision, Female." In Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, 1–9. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_79-1.

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Fathalla, Mahmoud F. "Circumcision, Female." In Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, 492–99. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09483-0_79.

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Leye, Els. "The Struggle Against Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision." In Understanding Circumcision, 113–28. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_7.

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Van Howe, Robert S. "Anaesthesia for Circumcision." In Male and Female Circumcision, 67–97. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-39937-9_7.

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Shear, Stephanya, Laura Hart, and Doug Diekema. "Female Genital Cutting: The Misnomer of Female Circumcision." In Surgical Guide to Circumcision, 281–89. London: Springer London, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2858-8_25.

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Gerbaka, Bernard, Sami Richa, and Roland Tomb. "Female Genital Mutilation/Female Cutting/Female Circumcision." In Child Maltreatment, 155–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66507-4_12.

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Okonofua, Friday. "Female Circumcision/Mutilation/Cutting." In Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology for Developing Countries, 45–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75385-6_6.

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el Salam, Seham Abd. "A Comprehensive Approach for Communication about Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt." In Male and Female Circumcision, 317–30. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-39937-9_27.

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Van Howe, Robert S., Albert Einstein, and Max Planck. "Peer-Review Bias Regarding Circumcision in American Medical Publishing." In Male and Female Circumcision, 357–78. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-39937-9_32.

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Conference papers on the topic "Female circumcision":

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Ramli, Lanny. "Female Circumcision in Indonesia as Tradition versus Human Right." In International Law Conference 2018. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0010051202510255.

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"A Religio-Cultural and Theological Discourse on the Trends and Issues of Female Circumcision in Nigeria." In Emirates Research Publishing. Emirates Research Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.17758/erpub.e1115084.

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Reports on the topic "Female circumcision":

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El-Gibaly, Omaima, Barbara Ibrahim, Barbara Mensch, and Wesley Clark. The decline of female circumcision in Egypt: Evidence and interpretation. Population Council, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy6.1032.

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El-Gibaly, Omaima, Barbara Mensch, Wesley Clark, and Barbara Ibrahim. The decline of female circumcision in Egypt: Evidence and interpretation [Arabic]. Population Council, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy6.1033.

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Budiharsana, Meiwita, Lila Amaliah, and Budi Utomo. Female circumcision in Indonesia. Extent, implications and possible interventions to uphold women's health rights. Population Council, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh2.1005.

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Child marriage briefing: Mali. Population Council, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy19.1002.

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This brief provides an overview of child marriage as well as the particulars of child marriage in Mali. Mali is home to 11.6 million people, with 47 percent of its population under age 15. Approximately 73 percent of the population live on less than US$1 a day, and life expectancy is 45 years. Mali has one of the most severe crises of child marriage in the world today. The legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys, but girls may be married as early as age 15 with parental consent. For civil marriages, the law dictates that prospective spouses discuss and agree on whether their union will be polygynous or monogamous; however, a woman’s say in the matter is minimal given her limited options. The payment of bride price is recognized by law, promoting the perception that wives are the property of husbands. In addition, female genital circumcision affects nearly all Malian women, with 61 percent of circumcisions occurring before age 5. Included in this brief are recommendations to promote later, chosen, and legal marriage.
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Kenya: Community sensitization must precede alternative coming-of-age rite. Population Council, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh2002.1012.

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Female genital cutting (FGC) is practiced as a rite of passage in over half of Kenya’s districts. Kenyan nongovernmental agency Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (MYWO) has long conducted community sensitization focused on discouraging this practice. In 1996, MYWO began implementing the “alternative rite” (AR) intervention in sensitized communities. Girls participating in AR receive family life education in seclusion, followed by a public graduation ceremony recognizing them as adults. They are not cut as part of the ceremony. In 2000, the Population Council carried out an assessment of the AR program that sought to identify the impact of MYWO’s activities on knowledge and attitudes regarding FGC, reproductive health, and gender equity. Data were collected through focus group discussions, interviews, household surveys, and case studies of AR-participating families. As this brief states, where cultural support for female circumcision is weakening, communities are more likely to accept sensitization messages encouraging abandonment of the practice and to participate in an alternative coming-of-age ceremony for girls. However, such alternative ceremonies must be preceded by extensive sensitization that changes attitudes and must be tailored to fit cultural norms for rite of passage.

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