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Female genital mutilation/cutting and issues of sexuality in Egypt

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Pages 181-190 | Published online: 24 Nov 2010

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Noah Kalengo, Japheth Nkiriyehe Kwiringira, Isabirye Alone, Laban .K. Musinguzi & Janestic Mwende Twikirize. (2023) Deconstructing the psychosexual myths of female circumcision among the Pokot in Eastern Uganda: hints for public health campaigns. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work 0:0, pages 1-10.
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Noah Kalengo, Alone Isabirye, John Bukusuba, Laban K Musinguzi & Janestic Mwende Twikirize. (2022) Psychosocial coping mechanisms among uncircumcised Pokot women in North-Eastern Uganda. Journal of Psychology in Africa 32:6, pages 617-624.
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Wafa Elamin & Amanda J. Mason-Jones. (2020) Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography Exploring Women’s Views of Why It Exists and Persists. International Journal of Sexual Health 32:1, pages 1-21.
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Alexandra J. Hawkey, Jane M. Ussher & Janette Perz. (2018) Regulation and Resistance: Negotiation of Premarital Sexuality in the Context of Migrant and Refugee Women. The Journal of Sex Research 55:9, pages 1116-1133.
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Duna Alkhalaileh, Sarah R. Hayford, Alison H. Norris & Maria F. Gallo. (2018) Prevalence and attitudes on female genital mutilation/cutting in Egypt since criminalisation in 2008. Culture, Health & Sexuality 20:2, pages 173-182.
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Emmanuel Kabengele Mpinga, Aurélie Macias, Jennifer Hasselgard-Rowe, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Tshimungu Kandolo Félicien, Henk Verloo, Ngoyi K. Zacharie Bukonda & Philippe Chastonay. (2016) Female genital mutilation: a systematic review of research on its economic and social impacts across four decades. Global Health Action 9:1.
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Z. Iliyasu, I. S. Abubakar, H. S. Galadanci, F. Haruna & M. H. Aliyu. (2012) Predictors of female genital cutting among university students in northern Nigeria. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 32:4, pages 387-392.
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Jennifer Jo Connor, Cawo Abdi, Muzi Chen, Munira Salad, Shannon Pergament, Foos Afey, Intisar Hussein & Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson. Our Body Our Health (Jirkeena, Caafimaadkeena): Somali Women’s Narratives on Sexual Health. The Journal of Sex Research 0:0, pages 1-15.
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Arpita Ghosh, Heather Flowe & James Rockey. (2023) Estimating excess mortality due to female genital mutilation. Scientific Reports 13:1.
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Ngozika Jane Hemuka, Angela Morgan, Denise Bellingham-Young & Karlie Stonard. (2022) Female genital mutilation: Nigerian Igbo men’s low acceptance of the practice. Journal of Public Health 31:8, pages 1237-1248.
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R. Elise B. Johansen. (2023) Kroppslige praksiser, erfaring og endring –tvetydige diskurser om kvinnelig omskjæring blant norsk-somaliere. Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift 34:1, pages 45-63.
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Laura Jones, Emma Danks, Benjamin Costello, Kate Jolly, Fiona Cross-Sudworth, Pallavi Latthe, Meg Fassam-Wright, Joanne Clarke, Alison Byrne & Julie Taylor. (2023) Views of female genital mutilation survivors, men and health-care professionals on timing of deinfibulation surgery and NHS service provision: qualitative FGM Sister Study. Health Technology Assessment 27:3, pages 1-113.
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Esho Tammary & Kumar Manasi. (2023) Mental and sexual health outcomes associated with FGM/C in Africa: a systematic narrative synthesis. eClinicalMedicine 56, pages 101813.
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Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed. (2023) The Relationship between Islamic Education and Islamism. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Shatha Elnakib, May Elsallab, Maha Abdel Wanis, Shadia Elshiwy, Nishan Prasana Krishnapalan & Nada Aghar Naja. (2022) Understanding the impacts of child marriage on the health and well-being of adolescent girls and young women residing in urban areas in Egypt. Reproductive Health 19:1.
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Noah Kalengo, Laban. K. Musinguzi & Janestic Mwende Twikirize. (2022) “You must cut that long and stinking thing”: uncovering the lived experiences of uncircumcised pokot women in North-Eastern Uganda. BMC Women's Health 22:1.
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R. Elise B. Johansen. (2022) Discourses of change: The shift from infibulation to sunna circumcision among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway. PLOS ONE 17:6, pages e0268322.
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Muhammad Soomar Salman & Muhammad Soomar Sarmad. (2022) A review of sexual and reproductive health outcomes of female genital mutilation and with the context of covid-19 pandemic. i-manager’s Journal on Nursing 12:1, pages 45.
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Germeen Riad & Carie Forden. (2021) “If we didn't talk, we would be like ostriches burying our heads in the sand”: Attitudes toward sexuality, gender, and sex education among child protection social workers in Egypt. Children and Youth Services Review 129, pages 106205.
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Alba González-Timoneda, Marta González-Timoneda, Antonio Cano Sánchez & Vicente Ruiz Ros. (2021) Female Genital Mutilation Consequences and Healthcare Received among Migrant Women: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:13, pages 7195.
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Jennifer Jo Connor, Sonya S. Brady, Nicole Chaisson, Fatima Sharif Mohamed & Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson. (2021) Response to Commentaries: Understanding Women’s Responses to Sexual Pain After Female Genital Cutting. Archives of Sexual Behavior 50:5, pages 1907-1912.
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Mamadou Dioulde Balde, Sarah O’Neill, Alpha Oumar Sall, Mamadou Bailo Balde, Anne Marie Soumah, BoubacarAlpha Diallo & Christina Catherine Pallitto. (2021) Attitudes of health care providers regarding female genital mutilation and its medicalization in Guinea. PLOS ONE 16:5, pages e0249998.
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Shamsa Al Awar, Moamar Al-Jefout, Nawal Osman, Zuhur Balayah, Nourah Al Kindi & Teodora Ucenic. (2020) Prevalence, knowledge, attitude and practices of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) among United Arab Emirates population. BMC Women's Health 20:1.
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Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora, Johanna Elizabeth Maree & Nokuthula Gloria Nkosi‐Mafutha. (2020) Experiences of young women who underwent female genital mutilation/cutting. Journal of Clinical Nursing 29:21-22, pages 4104-4115.
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Kathryn M. Yount, Yuk Fai Cheong, Rose Grace Grose & Sarah R. Hayford. (2020) Community gender systems and a daughter’s risk of female genital mutilation/cutting: Multilevel findings from Egypt. PLOS ONE 15:3, pages e0229917.
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Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora, Johanna Elizabeth Maree & Nokuthula Nkosi-Mafutha. (2020) Female genital mutilation in Africa: Scoping the landscape of evidence. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 12, pages 100189.
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Inger-Lise Lien. (2016) The perspectives of Gambian men on the sexuality of cut and uncut women. Sexualities 20:5-6, pages 521-534.
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Ghenet Besera & Amira Roess. (2014) The relationship between female genital cutting and women's autonomy in Eritrea. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 126:3, pages 235-239.
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