Female genital mutilation : legal, cultural, and medical issues /
"This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. The book concludes with...
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| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland,
[2005]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- A traditional practice
- Prevalence / with James C. Skaine
- Globalism and law
- Legal and practical issues in the West
- Tradition and change in practicing cultures
- Challenging the change and the challenge of change
- The Maasai and female circumcision
- Meeting the challenge in Tanzania
- The changing status
- A compendium of change.