Omvang en opvattingen over vrouwelijke genitale verminking(views on FGM) (2007)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Kramer,M. A.,P. M. T. Dijkema,P. J. Tichelman,I. Joris,and A. P. Verhoeff.
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: N/A.
Objective: To investigate the extent to which FGM is encountered in the Netherlands and explore attitudes towards FGM
Study Population: Health Workers,Primary School Teachers,Women
Findings: All the three professional groups had an average knowledge of FGM but felt unprepared to discuss FGM with women in at-risk communities. The focus groups suggested that FGM of Somali girls may occur in the Netherlands. In Somalia,FGM was traditionally performed on girls 6 to 12 years of age,but emigration has stretched the at-risk period. Thus girls may be circumcised as babies or as adolescents. Some women in the focus groups approved milder forms of FGM. Religious beliefs had much influence on their approval. The women’s attitudes have changed over the last years as a result of religious study and public health information. Many women disapproved the Dutch prohibition and the compulsory check on girls at risk. Prohibition mainly causes delay of circumcisions. Health care workers,social workers,and school teachers may encounter FGM in the Netherlands
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Europe
Country(ies):Netherlands