Female Genital Mutilation and its effects over women’s health (2013)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding III FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Enu Anand ,Jayakant Singh
FGM/C Type(s): III
Health area of focus: Obstetrics.
Objective: To examine the effect of different types of FGM on obstetric outcome and genital infections in Kenyan Women
Study Population: Women
Findings: More than one in four women in Kenya underwent circumcision .Women with no education were more likely to be circumcised as compared to women with any education. In an aggregate,more than 50 percent of women in the no education category were circumcised and out of that more than 20 percent of women had undergone most severe form of circumcision i.e. FGM III. As the level of education increased,prevalence of circumcision decreased. Only 20 percent of the circumcision was carried out by any health professional. On the other hand circumcision by health professional doubled in case of circumcision of daughters of the respondent
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya