Search for dissertations about: "Female genital mutilation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Female genital mutilation.

2. 1. Female genital mutilation : studies on primary and repeat female genital cutting

   Author : Vanja Berggren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Female genital mutilation; female genital cutting; reinfibulation; vulva; sexuality; midwife; immigration; migration; Sudan; Sweden; Somalia; Eritrea;

   Abstract : Background: Worldwide at least 130 million now living women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female genital cutting (FGC). Reinfibulation (RI) is a secondary form, mainly performed after delivery. READ MORE

4. 2. Female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone

   Author : Owolabi Bjälkander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: The prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone is the seventh highest in Africa, yet little research has been done on its effects on girls and women. Objectives: This thesis aims to provide knowledge on the effects and experiences of girls and women, and the views of adolescent boys, about FGM which is performed within the initiation ceremony of the Bondo Society in Sierra Leone. READ MORE

5. 3. Navigating Conflicting Norms on Body and Sexuality : Exploring Swedish-Somali Women's and Swedish Welfare Workers' Perceptions of Female Genital Cutting

   Author : Camilla Palm; Eva Elmerstig; Charlotta Holmström; Birgitta Essén; Claudia Merli; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; migration; discourse; Sweden; welfare work; qualitative research;

   Abstract : Female genital cutting (FGC), sometimes referred to as female genital mutilation, is the subject of intense debate, exposing tensions between varying cultural values about bodies and sexuality. In Sweden, FGC is framed as a social problem designed to control female sexuality, and national efforts have long aimed to prevent it from being perpetuated. READ MORE

6. 4. Created by God : How Somalis in Swedish Exile Reassess the Practice of Female Circumcision

   Author : Sara Johnsdotter Carlbom; Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islam; cultural change; exile; Somalis; FGM; female circumcision; female genital mutilation; Islamisation; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : 'Created by God' presents the views of Swedish Somalis on female circumcision and contrasts it to the Swedish public discourse on the issue. Despite the lack of documented illegal cases of female circumcision in Sweden, it is constantly claimed in the public discourse that female circumcision (female genital mutilation) is a practice upheld by the Somali exile group in Sweden. READ MORE

7. 5. Multiple meanings of female initiation. "Circumcision" among Jola Women in Lower Casamance, Senegal

   Author : Liselott (Lisen) Dellenborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Senegal; Lower Casamance; Kalounaye; Jola; initiation; female circumcision; genital cutting; identity; gender; moherhood; Islam; ethnicity; agency; social change;

   Abstract : This anthropological study examines the meanings and practices of female "circumcision" and initiation in relation to identity and social change in contemporary Muslim Jola society, Senegal, West Africa. During the 20th century, clitoridectomy spread - allegedly as part of Islam - and became essential for a Jola woman's identity as a "real" woman and mother, and an important aspect of the women's initiation ritual. READ MORE