Cultural awareness about female genital mutilation among female employees of Minia University (2011)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Ekbal Emam,Abeer M. EL-Maghawri,Shokria A. Labeeb
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: Exploratory research.
Objective: To assess the awareness and attitudes of women in Upper Egypt regarding FGM,and to identify the underlying motives that may help in change
Study Population: Women
Findings: The study results showed that women’s age ranged between 18 and 60 years,and 30.7% were illiterate; 95.7% of women and 77.3% of their daughters were circumcised. The attitude towards FGM was generally encouraging it. Multivariate analysis showed that lower education and having been circumcised were the statistically significant independent predictors of the attitude score. Meanwhile,the determinants of getting daughter circumcised were woman’s older age,religious belief,lower education,and more encouraging attitude score.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Africa
Country(ies):Egypt