Female Genital Mutilation: From the Life Story of Girls in Remote Villages in Pokot County,Kenya (2015)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Amal K Halder,Shiuli Das and Golam Dostogir Harun
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To describe the situation of FGM/C victims in Pokot County,located in a remote area of northwest Kenya
Study Population: Girls, teachers,local leaders,local officials of Area Development Program
Findings: FGM/C was common and popular among the Pokot community mainly because the event brings the social recognition of an adolescent or adult female to become eligible for her marriage. Although the hazardous FGM/C practices encompassed many health dangers as witnessed by the Pokot community girls/women,the Pokot community fought to maintain the custom as because it represented prestige and identity,which was their duty and responsibility to maintain.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya