Practice and attitudes of Sudanese midwives towards: re-infibulation (re-circumcision) (2009)
This study is a Explanatory research regarding III FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Magied Ahmed Abdel,Islam El Tayeb,and Mieaad El Hassan
FGM/C Type(s): III
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To investigate the practice and attitudes of Sudanese Midwives towards re-circumcision (re-infibulation) practice. The opinion of” midwives on why Sudanese women re-circumcise themselves and the magnitude of re-circumcision practice for whatever reasons were investigated.
Study Population: Midwives
Findings: The main findings were that re-circumcision is practiced by married and unmarried women. Married women practice re-circumcision after delivery and sometimes cosmetically twice or three times a year. Married women practice re-circumcision to tighten the vaginal orifice for the pleasure of the husband or else,as claimed,to beautify their external genitalia. Unmarried women practice re-circumcision after doing premarital sex as camouflage for virginity before getting married. Married women of the age group 20-45 years old practice re-circumcision. On the other hand,unmarried women in the age group 16-35 practice re-circumcision. The magnitude of re-circumcision among married women is 40-80% and among unmarried women is 10-15%.Married women pay 20-50 SDG to be re-circumcised,while unmarried women pay 100-250 SDG
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Africa
Country(ies):Sudan