Access to Justice: Accelerating the Abandonment of FGM/C. (2017)
This study is a Systematic Review regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Kail,G. (2017).
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To discuss the role comprehensive legislation traditionally plays through a top-down approach and proposes the use of bottom-up approaches to better leverage national laws and new legal norms to support collective societal action.
Study Population: Relied on articles
Findings: Legislation plays an important role in supporting social norm change toward the acceleration of the abandonment of FGM/C. Legal empowerment at the community level enables local-level norm change, including gender equity while also informing national-level institutions. By educating and empowering individuals and communities on new legal norms, legislation provides greater support to sustainable positive norm change.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Not specified
Country(ies):Not specified