Connaisssances,Attitudes et Pratiques Des Meres Relatives a L’excision a Bamako (Mothers knowledges,attitudes and practices on female genital mutilation/cutting in Bamako) (2014)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Dicko-Traoré F,Diakité F,Diakité A,Konaté F,Keita J,Sidibé T,et al.
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To assess the knowledge,attitude and practice of mothers about female genital mutilation
Study Population: Mothers of girls hospitalized between June 1 and July 31,2011,in the Department of Pediatrics of the teaching hospital of Gabriel Touré,Bamako
Findings: The prevalence of cutting was 73% (224 of 305). In 72.7% of cases,the area affected by the mutilation was unknown by the mother. Seventy percent (70%) of mothers found FGM beneficial and should even be mandatory (74.6%). Excision was associated with tradition and religious obligation for 65%,and 21.4% of mothers,respectively. More than half of the girls were circumcised before their first year (76.3%) and 26.3% in the neonatal period. The majority of mothers were against a law banning the practice of FGM (54%). Ninety five percent of mothers reported that they would renew the experience of FGM.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa
Country(ies):Mali