A Review of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in the Dawoodi Bohra Community (2019)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding IV FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Bootwala,Y.
FGM/C Type(s): IV
Health area of focus: N/A.
Objective: The aim of this first review out of a three-part series is to provide an overview of the practices of genital cutting including male circumcision,genital alteration of children with ambiguous genitalia,and clitoral hood reduction in Western societies; and type IV FGC in Southeast Asia
Study Population: The review paper highlights two studies. Interviews with 262 Malay women from Malaysia comprisethefirststudy.ThesecondisaqualitativestudyconductedbyIslamicReliefCanada,anadvocacyorganizationaimedtoend the practice,with data collected from Indonesian women in 2013
Findings: The review paper highlights two studies. Interviews with 262 Malay women from Malaysia comprisethefirststudy.ThesecondisaqualitativestudyconductedbyIslamicReliefCanada,anadvocacyorganizationaimedtoend the practice,with data collected from Indonesian women in 2013. Interestingly,all of the above practices of genital cutting adhere to social norms and are largely accepted within the communities that practice these different forms of genital cutting
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Southeastern Asia
Country(ies):Malaysia,Indonesia